27 Apr 2021

More dialogue needed around India flight ban

From Afternoons, 1:38 pm on 27 April 2021

Flights from India have been suspended for the past two weeks as part of a temporary ban, as the country experiences a devastating second wave of Covid-19 cases.

The ban means that only citizens, their parents, partners and children are allowed into New Zealand.

Mohan Dutta and Dr Sapna Samant have expressed their disappointment about the Government's handling of the travel restrictions in a comment piece for E Tangata magazine. Mohan talks to Karyn about their article.

Passengers arriving at Auckland Airport in January 2020 when public health staff began giving out coronavirus information.

Photo: RNZ / Liu Chen

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