The pandemic COVID-19 cases in the US have reached one million on Tuesday. With rising cases and fatalities, American who opted for airlift to the US have now planned to ‘ride it out’ in India.
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Ian Brownlee said, “Two weeks ago, we had a list of folks and we were pretty sure if we called (the) folks they’d show up at the airport and say, ‘Yes, please.’ We’re now getting to the point on that list, we’re having to make multiple calls for individual seats because people are deciding ‘No,’ they’d just as soon ride it out where they are.”
The official added that last week 4,000 Americans were brought back to home, while 6,000 awaited for the airlifts. Meanwhile, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker, US death tally stands at 58,348 deaths.
