Vivek Oberoi shares clip of Germans chanting 'Hare Krishna' at Delhi airport; Watch

Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi shared a video of european travellers chanting 'Hare Rama Hare Krishna' at Indira Gandhi Airport in New Delhi. German Embassy India confirmed saying, "Before boarding second evacuation flight with Lufthansa A 380 to Germany european travellers in high spirits!" followed by hashtags 'Going Home' and 'Aapka Dhanyaw'. 

On March 25, Lufthansa operated a ''repatriation'' flight to India from Frankfurt to fly back German nationals, who are stuck here due to ban on international flights in wake of COVID-19. Lufthansa, however, did t disclose number of Germans it woulld fly back on repatriation flight.

A Lufthansa A20 can accommodate more than 500 passengers in first, business, premium ecomy, and ecomy class, according to airline's website. 

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Germany's Angela Merkel shines in virus crisis even as power wanes

Although Germany has registered third-highest number of Coronavirus infections in Europe with 57,695, it has only seen 433 people die, placing it sixth in Europe behind Italy, Spain, France, Britain and even Nerlands. Italy alone has over 10,000 deaths.

Experts have attributed Germany's success partially to widespre and early testing for virus, among or things.

In an audio mess on Thursday night, German Chancellor Angela Merkel cautioned, however, that it was far too early to declare victory over COVID-19, saying w is t time to talk about easing measures. 

In her first dress to nation on Coronavirus pandemic, Angela Merkel calmly appealed to citizens' reason and discipline to slow spre of virus, ackwledging that as a woman who grew up in communist East Germany kws how difficult it is to give up freedoms, yet as a trained scientist emphasizing that facts don't lie.

(With PTI inputs)