Australia suspends passenger flights from India till May 15

The United States, too, has issued an advisory to its citizens to avoid travelling to India. In its statement, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said: "Because of the current situation in India, even fully vaccinated travellers may be at risk for getting and spreading COVID-19 variants and should avoid all travel to India. If you must travel to India, get fully vaccinated before travel. All travellers should wear a mask, stay 6 feet from others, avoid crowds and wash their hands."

According to a MoneyControl report, Indonesia's chief economic minister Airlangga Hartarto said the government decided to stop issuing visas to foreigners, who have lived or visited India in the past 14 days, based on observations of the impact of a "double mutant" strain of COVID-19 in India.

Before Indonesia, France, on April 21, announced a 10-day quarantine for travellers arriving from India to prevent the spread of the COVID19 variant that has wreaked havoc in India. France has also banned all flights from Brazil and requires quarantine for passengers from Argentina, Chile and South Africa.

India is in the thick of the second wave of the novel coronavirus, registering over 300,000 cases for the sixth consecutive day on Monday. The country's healthcare infrastructure is faced with perhaps the biggest-ever crisis as people struggle for beds, oxygen supply and ventilators. India on Monday recorded another 3.32 lakh new COVID19 cases and 2,766 deaths in the last 24 hours, the seventh consecutive day when the death toll crossed the 2000-mark.