Coronavirus: indian man calls for rescue of 2000 indians stuck in iran - hw news english

_MORE THAN 2000 INDIANS ARE STUCK IN IRAN OF WHICH 1200 OF THEM ARE PILGRIMS ABOUT 300 ARE STUDENTS AND ABOUT 500 TRAVELLING FOR TOURISM OR BUSINESS._ TEHRAN| India has brought back its 58

citizens from Iran and the government was working with Iranian authorities to operate some limited commercial flights for facilitating the early return of the remaining Indians after testing

them: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said while making a statement in Rajya Sabha on the Indians stranded due to restrictions placed in the wake of coronavirus outbreak. India on

Wednesday suspended all tourist visas until April 15 and said it would quarantine travellers arriving from seven virus-hit countries as it attempts to contain the spread of the new

coronavirus. The move comes as the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a pandemic, and as countries worldwide scramble to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Meanwhile,

Kayvann Shah from Mumbai who was visiting Iran for trade purposes has appealed to the Indian government to rescue them. “The coronavirus/covid-19 – that started from the Chinese city of

Wuhan has left no one untouched ( at least mentally and emotionally – may it be fear, uncertainty, care, remorse, losses of job and work or business). For some, it is far worse, like my

friend Kayvann Shah, for him and 2000 like him it is a feeling of helplessness from themselves, hopelessness from the Indian Embassy Tehran, Iran and fear of death from not just the virus

but abandonment and despair from the very land they love and defend,” said a friend of the man stuck in Iran in a press release. ALSO READ: CORONAVIRUS: MAHARASHTRA BANS SALE OF N95

RESPIRATORS (MASKS) WITHOUT PRESCRIPTIONS Kayvann is a businessman from Mumbai who keeps visiting Iran for his trade-in Kesar, this year, unfortunately, his senior citizen parents also

travelled with him. The Press release explains the situation in the virus-hit nation as “People are stuck in Iran with their families and friends, with limited basic means.” The release

claims that there is no constructive response from the Embassy. The Indians stuck in Iran are waiting for commercial or Indian Airlines. The number of COVID-19 cases in India – which has a

population of 1.3 billion – has doubled to 73 in the past four days, increasing public fear and the government’s state of alert. Many of the cases have been blamed on Indians who have

travelled or worked in badly hit countries in Europe and the Middle East. The visa decision was reached following a meeting of ministers led by Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, the statement

read. The government also “strongly advised” Indians against non-essential foreign travel, warning that they can be subjected “to quarantine for a minimum of 14 days.”