First Trump, now G20.

"In China, from 3 January 2020 to 4.54pm CET, 20 December 2022, there have been 10,088,555 cases of COVID-19 with 31,378 deaths, reported to WHO." "China reported 3,101 new symptomatic Covid-19 infections on Tuesday (yesterday) - as compared with 2,722 cases a day earlier." HT. "Currently, mainland China has confirmed a total of 386,276 cases with symptoms." "According to the National Health Commission, the country did not record any new Covid-19 related deaths." But, "Infectious disease expert Prof Wang Gui-qiang clarified that only pneumonia and respiratory failure caused by the coronavirus were counted as Covid deaths." BBC. "This has led to fears the numbers are an underestimate due to a recent reduction in Covid testing." What does it matter to us in India if the Chinese government is shamelessly and openly undercounting its Covid cases? After all, "The air travel (bird fly) shortest distance between China and India is 2,984 km = 1,854 miles." Because, the first ever case of coronavirus infection in India was when, "On January 27, 2020, a 20 yr old female presented to the Emergency Department in General Hospital, Thrissur, Kerala, with a one-day history of dry cough and sore throat." IJMR. "She disclosed that she had returned to Kerala from Wuhan City, China, on January 23, 2020 owing to the Covid-19 outbreak situation there." Coronavirus was confirmed by real time reverse transcription PCR (RTPCR) at the National Institute of Virology in Pune. On 2 and 3 February 2020, two more cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in Kerala, both of whom had returned from Wuhan in China. wikipedia. However, flights from foreign countries continued unchecked because the then President of the US Donald Trump and his family visited India on 24 and 25 February 2020. wikipedia. Over 100,000 people attended a rally in Motera Stadium in Gujarat. Mr Trump and First Lady Melania Trump visited the Taj Mahal in Agra where he received an "exuberant welcome" "which included dancers dressed as peacocks and horses". BBC. "On March 25, when India had reported only 500 cases, the country went into one of the strictest lockdowns in the world." HT. The lockdown was announced with just 4 hours notice, which led to massive panic buying with people packing into shops, thus creating the conditions which the lockdown was supposed to prevent. India Today. There was no lockdown in 2021 when so many people were dying that relatives were queuing with dead bodies and cremations being conducted in car parks of crematoriums. BI. The government "reported 481,000 Covid deaths between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2021, but the WHO's estimates put the figure at nearly 10 times as many." BBC. There are 45-48,000 Indians living in China, as of 2015. wikipedia. We must stop all flights from China. Any Indians evacuated from there must be quarantined. Sadly, that will not happen. Because India holds presidency of the G20 from 1 December 2022 to 30 November 2023 and will host over 200 meetings. pib.gov.in. Politicians are not going to miss it before general elections in 2024. Will we count the cost in bodies?