Passengers gather at a bus station during the homecoming (mudik) of people ahead of the Eid al-Fitr celebrations in Banda Aceh on May 3, 2021. - AFP
TAIPEI/JAKARTA, May 4 (Reuters): Taiwan became the latest place to ban arrivals from coronavirus-stricken India on Monday, as it moves to prevent new infections, with more nations reporting cases of a variant first identified in the subcontinent.
The variant, B.1.617, has reached at least 17 countries, from Britain and Iran to Switzerland, sparking global concern and spurring several to close their borders to people travelling from India.
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