In view of the rising COVID-19 cases across the country Kuwait government decides to suspend all commercial flights from India. Kuwait’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation tweeting about the panic situation due to rise of corona cases on Saturday said that it had suspended all direct commercial flights coming from India. The suspension will be taken in action from April 24 and until further notice, according to Reuters.
The motive to suspend the flights is to break the chain of coronavirus as new strain can worse the present condition. The move to cancel flights was on the instructions of health authorities after an evaluation of the global coronavirus status. All passengers arriving from India either directly or via another country will be banned from entering unless they have spent at least 14 days out of India, the statement said. Only, Kuwaiti citizens, their first-degree relatives and their domestic workers will be allowed to enter. Cargo is unaffected. However, it is also noted that the governments of UAE and Canada announced banning of flights from India amid the worsening COVID-19 situation in the country. According to reports, the UAE banned travel from India for 10 days from Sunday. The UAE travel ban came into effect from 11.59 PM on Saturday, April 24, and it will be subject to review after 10 days, the Gulf News reported. The departure flights will continue to operate. UAE citizens, diplomatic passport holders and official delegations are exempted from the above conditions, it said.
Meanwhile, Canada also said that it would ban all flights from India and Pakistan for 30 days due to the growing wave of COVID-19 cases in that region.
Also Read
Covid-19: Nepal seeks India for providing medical supplies to fight COVID-19
Grim Milestone: Cuba sees total Covid infections near 1 Lakh, sets new record
Immunologist discovers more potent new airborne Covid strain in Sri Lanka