washington the biden administration will restrict travel from india of nonus citizens from may 4 to prevent covid19 variants from entering the countrythe new restrictions are being imposed on the advice of the us centers for disease control and prevention and they come in light of extraordinarily high covid19 case loads and multiple variants circulating in india the white house said the restrictions which will kick at midnight on tuesday do not apply to american citizens and permanent residents with ties in the us the ban will exclude aid workers and not effect the flow of aid and humanitarian assistance to india a formal announcement on the matter is expected late on fridaycoronavirus live updatesthe restriction on travel from india follows similar bans on south africa brazil uk ireland china iran and other countries that saw covid19 spikes and variants at various points in time the ban comes on the heels of the state departments level 4 travel advisory the highest level it issues advising us citizens not to travel to india or to leave as soon as it is safe to do so due to the current health situation in the countrywatch covid19 us to restrict travel from india from may 4