Families who have lost loved ones want to hear that this is not news.

Suruchi Jaitley’s husband, Divesh, left Calgary in April for New Delhi to deal with the family emergency and has been trying to return home ever since.

The initial ban came into effect on April 21.

“He has been trying to recover for more than 2.5 months,” Jaitley said, she took three children and her mother, her mother has health problems.

She said: “It is difficult for me to deal with work, school, and housework alone, and then my mother has been in poor health over the past two months.” “Sometimes, it became so overwhelming that I completely broke down.”

Jetley said that life is very difficult without her husband by his side.

“It’s difficult financially, emotionally, mentally, physically. It’s too much. My children miss him very much. My youngest child, she always goes to see pictures of her father and prays to God,” Please let my dad go home.’ It becomes unstoppable.”

She thinks the federal government could have done more to get permanent residents and citizens home.

“I understand that visitors are not allowed, but they should take their citizens home,” she said.

Jaitley said it was frustrating to see the Calgary Stampede held last week because a quick test could be conducted to enter its Nashville North tent. He wondered why the federal government could not use the same simple test for citizens who disembarked in Canada and returned home .

“I don’t know the deciding factors, but I do understand the risks. If they have flights and people can be tested here with a hotel reservation, they should allow them to come back,” she said.

Jaitley is not alone.

Sanjay Sawhney’s son Umang Sawhney flew to New Delhi to attend the family wedding on April 1, and is still there awaiting the lifting of the travel ban.

Because he is trapped in India, his permanent residence status has expired, which makes his situation more complicated.

He will also start school in Vancouver this month.

“He must drop out now and will join his university in February 2022,” said Sawhney, who said he talks to his son every day.

“He was very frustrated with this situation. Sometimes he even had suicidal thoughts,” he said.

“It has a ripple effect on people who can’t fly home.”

Sawhney said that after the ban is lifted, his son will be booked on the first available flight.

During the pandemic, India has been one of the worst-hit countries in the world. A recent serum survey showed that two-thirds of the country’s population has antibodies against the coronavirus.

According to data from the World Health Organization, India reported 38,164 new COVID-19 cases and 499 deaths on Monday, well below the peak of the huge wave of cases that peaked in early May.