As 444 from Australia fly home, US nationals prefer to stay back

NEW DELHI: As Australia repatriated 444 of its nationals on a special flight from New Delhi to Melbourne over the weekend, many others, particularly from the US, are opting to remain here, as US becomes the country worst hit by Covid-19.

Earlier this week, US officials said a number of American nationals preferred to remain in India even though the US state department was running special flights to take stranded Americans back home. US President Donald Trump tweeted that over 50,000 people had been taken back.

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But a number of Americans are clearly opting to stay back. In a briefing with journalists in Washington DC earlier this week, US