Local police said the six spent nearly four weeks in the cave after running out of money for a hotel.
Six tourists, including one American, have been rescued after hiding from the coronavirus pandemic in a cave in India for nearly a month, local officials said on Wednesday.
They lived in the cave since March 24, the same day India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered a nationwide lockdown to combat the spread of the virus. The American — identified by police as Michael Falcone, 38, from Connecticut — has been in the country since November, police said. The other tourists were from Ukraine, Turkey, France and Nepal.
There are between 40 and 50 American citizens scheduled to leave Uttarakhand on Wednesday with the support of the U.S. Embassy, Dheeraj Singh Gabriyal, district magistrate of the Pauri Garhwal district, told NBC News in a telephone interview. However, the American found in the cave will not be able to join them.
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