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US to restrict travel from India due to COVID surge

Apr 30, 2021, 12:39 PM | Updated: May 24, 2021, 2:19 pm

A relative of a person who died of COVID-19 breaks down during cremation in Jammu, India, Sunday, April 25, 2021. India's crematoriums and burial grounds are being overwhelmed by the devastating new surge of infections tearing through the populous country with terrifying speed, depleting the supply of life-saving oxygen to critical levels and leaving patients to die while waiting in line to see doctors. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

(AP Photo/Channi Anand)

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WASHINGTON (AP) — White House: On advice of CDC, US to restrict travel from India starting May 4 due to COVID-19 surge.

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