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Ihana Dhillon travels from Mumbai to Chandigarh in PPE

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' and Punjabi actor, Ihana Dhillon finally managed to travel back from Mumbai to Punjab on June 11 to meet her parents after over six months. Ihana, who was in Mumbai in March for shooting the video of a song '

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3' singer, Jubin Nautiyal, was stuck in Mumbai in the lockdown. "I booked my air tickets twice earlier, soon as relaxations were announced on travel," Ihana tells ETimes, adding, "But unfortunately the flight got cancelled and I got stuck here in Mumbai till now." Ihana's parents live in Faridkot in Punjab while her elder sister stays in Chandigarh with her family. Given the situation of the pandemic, Ihana was worried about her parents living alone in Punjab since her sister too couldn't travel from Chandigarh to Faridkot given the restriction on movement in the state.

Ihana at Mumbai airport, boarding flight to Chandigarh

"I am really happy now that I am finally boarding the flight back home. My parents are old and we were very anxious about their well being," she says. On Thursday, Ihana decided not to risk her safety during the travel and covered herself up completely in the PPE (

Personal Protective Equipment

) suit. "The situation is really scary in Mumbai with the city falling to such high number of infections. So, I didn't want to leave anything to chance. Besides, if I contracted the virus, I could still stay asymptomatic while potentially being a carrier of corona for my parents who are older," she adds.
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