OCI CARD HOLDERS IRKED OVER INDIA TRAVEL CURBS

to the president as to when he resumes speaking with the Chinese leader. But look, China slow walked this. I’ve shared with you guys before on human-to-human transmission. It was really important that the world knew of that aspect of the disease, but that information was slow walked through to the World Health Organisation,” she said.

The genetic sequencing, likewise, was not given until a professor in Shanghai did so on his own. The president has repeatedly noted that why are they letting flights out of China but not into China? These decisions put American lives at risk. Not just American lives, the lives around the globe, she said.

“We know that this disease came from China, and why that information was not shared, some of it I just suggested is really unacceptable. So he’s frustrated, and I’ll leave it to him,” she said.

Washington, May 16: Indian-Americans holding OCI cards, mostly their parents, have voiced frustration over the Indian government’s recent decision to temporarily put in abeyance their long term visa amidst the Covid-19-linked global travel restrictions.

The OCI (Overseas Citizens of India) card is issued to the people of Indianorigin, allowing them a visa-free travel in most of the cases. It also gives them certain privileges like that of an Indian citizen except for buying agricultural land, voting, running for election and working in government. Globally there are six million OCI card holders.