COVID-19: Indian expats in UAE worried over their aged parents as virus wreaks havoc back home

COVID-19: Indian expats in UAE worried over their aged parents as virus wreaks havoc back home

Dubai: The pandemic has taken its toll on all of us in some form. It has separated us from our loved ones and the pressure of that separation is getting to some expatriates in UAE who are missing their loved ones “” especially their aged parents whom they have not met since the pandemic hit the world last year. According to expats Gulf News spoke to, even before the current flight suspensions came into effect, they had to put off their travel plans as they did not find it safe to travel home. They also did not want to risk contracting the infection during their travel and pass it on to their parents. Take Ravi Bhardwaj, 52 and his wife Aarti, for instance, who hail from Gurgaon in Haryana. The couple have not met their aged parents since December 2019. "That was the last time we met our parents as we had visited Gurgaon for a friend's son's wedding. We have not been able to visit them since then. We were planning to visit them in May 2021, but the second wave has hit India and we had to put off our plans again," said Ravi. He added: "My parents,