The repeated extension of the national lockdown and global restrictions on air travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic has left a seven-member family from Mumbai stranded in Turkey for over 61 days. The Jain family comprises Amit, who is a CA, his 70-year-old mother and 80-year-old father—both suffering from multiple health issues and on various medications - his wife Chhaya, their 12-year-old son and twin daughters.

The family had left Mumbai on March 13 and took a flight to Istanbul from Delhi the next day. "At the time, there was just one case of COVID-19 in Turkey," said Mallika, 21, Amit's daughter. "My grandfather had seen Turkey in a few films and really wanted to visit it. So we planned this trip."