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it's good to have you with us india is set to suspend most travel to the country in order to control the spread of the coronavirus the government announced it will be suspending the issue of tourist visas to india beginning friday so if you're planning a trip to india here's a few things you need to know firstly no new tourist or you should till the 15th of april existing tourist resorts on which journeys are yet to begin stand cancelled foreign nationals with a compelling reason for travel to india need to contact the relevant india mission and the other thing about this order is that it does not affect foreigners who are already in india and those with visas nor does it affect diplomatic u.n.
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official or employment visas other restrictions come as india reported at least 70 cases of the corner of virus in the country most travel relate to at least 70 foreigners have also tested positive the potential for a bigger spread already has people watered. but market is usually a popular stop for. now. the could all know why this. in 6 years of running the shop he had never seen a slump this big over the last 2 weeks his sales have dropped by 80 percent tourists both foreign and indian are steering clear of marketplaces like this one. taking precautions can get in the way of keeping up appearances but the odd shopper
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who does not. and predators are both we have hand sanitizers for employees in the shop but we can't wear masks because if people see us wearing them they'll wonder what's wrong with us oh thank let's stay away from him we're going of tourists don't enter the shop what's the point at. which some store owner was desperate for business see a whiting travel and public spaces is on the subsidy part of noir but with scores of nucleus is reported across india this month the indian government is taking no chances in the odds of what the result of all foreign nationals really if the 15 indians atoning home from affected countries will be quarantined for 14 days and the party is gone but even those coming back from other countries can be quite and . will be on such a bomb over the means delis chronic evolution is finally clearing up mosques often every village. the soldier in could all know what a skiff is has set off massive buying of both mosques and sanitize. pharmacies are
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running out of stock. multiple masks and sanitizers so that others can get them too many are stockpiling these items but they shouldn't do that they should think about the others to the government evacuee it's more indians from affected countries the total count of cases is nearly certain to write. in dead many dissidents already and are following all the protocols. they've got this read of the virus was lim's will have to stop going out it's going to get up because it is a bit of people take the right precautions i don't think things will get that that was what i meant to do you think government should hand out free masks and install senators or stations everywhere they need to educate people about this disease. they're going to have indians wait to see if and how the coronavirus can be. until it in fact a densely populated country many are hoping the coming months will provide better
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news. indians are reacting on social media to the partial ban on incoming travelers announced by the government this a trip to use a saying that prevention is always better to do we know everything about the virus it's best to be cautious. infant make a pundit film his own walk through terminal one at ports now not to be emptied out he called it a very rare sight to see coronavirus effect. but there was plenty of criticism of some of india's other antivirus efforts this twitter user pointed to the sanitation of the metro with a picture showing the picture on top a south korea disinfection unit and the picture below india she said construction helmets and no gloves seriously and a dose of soccer as i'm here from a trip tell you was a saying india's union minister finds the way to check in corona why does god bless
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us followed by this video. that you're going to start on does not have me leading a crowd to chant corona so that the coronavirus would go away. so what really are the indian government's plans correspondent michelle jess fall joins me from delhi new should how exactly does the indian government plan on tackling the. outbreak. well vish the prime minister has fallen stooge of the high level group of ministers which is meeting regularly and reviewing preparedness and group engine measures across the country india's focus is on prevention and specially on the international front because the 70 plus pieces that india has seen so far are all related to international travel
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to india has suspended the results 1 of all the foreign nationals there even blocking the entry of all the seas citizens of india who are usually able to travel visas free even land borders are going to be closely monitored there actually is a strict crossing over all the land borders as well and they're also going to set up strict monitoring along these borders every indian returning to the country can also be quarantined than those coming in to specific affected countries will definitely be quarantined for 14 days on the domestic front the indian government is trying to reassure people that things are under control they have set up a 247 helpline but anyone who may have questions about the could want to wire us about this is about their symptoms there's also been an effort to absolutely everybody to call or to you it's not every time an indian person puts out a phone call they actually showed and in full and informative for one minute about precautions to be taken to combat the code when i was and this also to me and the
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pattern of g. forces who are being called in to set up quadrant in facilities to set up isolation pursuits facilities and testing and medical preparedness for teams on the ground is also being insured this is what the ministry of has continuously put out putting out specially over the last 2 weeks as the numbers so urgent in their response that the mature industry is not totally overboard specially when one talks about a government hospital in the country it's a confidence amongst people that the government can really bring. the spite baby for cool environment insistence of the government that everything is being done to tackle the crew and i was we cannot deny that india's health can file structure is in the door this new week that india has actually amongst the lowest percentage of g.d.p. spending on health care and the end of a show to doctors to patients as well as not just to patients it's to the fifty's q
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would that being said one of the important things that influences public opinion on this is actually the messaging coming out from the does the minister of health have today's spoken by element saying everything is under control and spoke at length about the measures that we just spoke about and the prime minister has also been tweeting scene say yes to say yes to precautions and say no to panic so the messaging so far from the government is that things are all right i'm the one who says we are living on the street and not get all 3 of us panicked yes that has been mosque buying of mosques and sanitizes that people seem to believe the precautions will do the trick you have to know that the dea says still on the 100 in india and all of these restrictions are being deployed on travel and all of those other distractions that have been imposed by the government so people have fallen for them so far but it would be interesting to see what happens over the next 2 weeks specially if the caseload goes up. for debate about.
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since the end of friday 16 germany has been deporting ferrand. back to afghanistan it's a controversial policy that's opposed by some rights groups on the grounds that of but it is still an unsafe country till the end of last year around $800.00 rejected as item seekers have been returned to afghanistan most out of town to kabul a city that many have never visited and that comes with its own set of challenges for asylum so it goes like. this culture shock is not people of shares a place a work and rest for 4 months last summer this was his home that's when he was deported from germany to kabul a city he'd never been in before i knew we couldn't live in the shop forever to being a single man in kabul comes with its own challenges march from the i will tell me
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you have a room for a single person or don't you for the day in beijing not so many rooms for single people here. land storage ranches single people they say single people to structure . eventually his friends helped him find a windowless old story near the butcher shop to live in. he now has 4 walls and not much else to shelter him from the elements the cramped room provides him little protection from the war and the daily threat of violence and called it's a life in stark contrast to his time in germany he was comfortable and work hard he even met his fiance there. but things began to change he says after his immigration lawyers failed to file the proper paperwork for his asylum application eventually a deportation order arrived when the police came for him and he resorted to drastic
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measures like i slit my wrists. i had to get 40 stitches. but they still deported me in that condition. and that's when i remember. that people law is one among thousands of afghans that has been deported back to kabul and what they come back to is an overcrowded city where they don't know anybody where their families aren't where they don't have proper social networks and social support and sensually what they're coming back to is the capital of the most dangerous country in the world where more and more civilians are dying from suicide bombings from petty crime and from other difficulties. knows this only too well and he's clear why sometimes there's no option but to leave. joy down if we had security here who would want to go to europe we're just looking for a place to live out the few days of our lives in peace with our family and friends
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comes to the girl next new chat. line of story. with exclusive. the must see concerning part church in your a. place to be for curious minds. do it yourself networkers. subscribe to and don't miss. the. the european central bank takes action against the coronavirus invest the say it's not enough shares go with the freefall again it will try to find out if the e.c.b. can do anything to stop the spread of a float. and china says the peak of the coronavirus epidemic has passed but asian markets ignore the numbers and the stimulus that governments are throwing at the infection. and that will lead to business investors and not liking
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this the e.c.b. announcing it will release a batch of cheap loans to help member states deal with the coronavirus and that it will expand its bond buying program both moves intended to stabilize jittery markets and aid small businesses the e.c.b. also says it will ease capital requirements for banks in the e.u. to improve liquidity at the governing council led by the new president christine that god left interest rates unchanged divergent from central banks in the u.s. and u.k. deposit rate was already at a break although of mine is point 5 percent. well let's have a listen into what like god had to say. together with the substantial monetary policy stimulus already in place these measures will support liquidity and funding conditions for households businesses.
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