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Several Countries Ban Flights From India As Second Virus Wave Surges

Sharad Ranabhat
Last updated: 23 April 2021 19:43
By Sharad Ranabhat 2 Min Read
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Many countries, including the UK, Pakistan, New Zealand,  Hong Kong, Canada, Singapore and the US, have either banned flight or have advised citizens against travelling to and from India.

The Hong Kong government has banned all flights from India for 14 days placing India in the “extremely high-risk Group A” category after 47 passengers tested positive on a single flight from Delhi. Pakistan and the Philippines also have received a similar ban.

“The Government announced today (April 18) the invocation of the place-specific flight suspension mechanism for India, Pakistan, and the Philippines. From 00:00 on April 20, all passenger flights from these places will be prohibited from landing in Hong Kong for 14 days,” said the Hong Kong government.

Although they had submitted a negative PCR test report taken within 72 hours of departure, six of them tested positive on arrival at the airport. This number reached 25 at the end of last week. A further 22 passengers tested positive on day 12 of the quarantine period.

47 passengers on Vistara flight UK6395 from New Delhi to Hong Kong on April 4th have now tested positive for COVID-19. pic.twitter.com/Mb4wCEPMPl

— Aaron Busch (@tripperhead) April 18, 2021

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also issued a travel advisory for all its citizens to avoid travels to India. The advisory said:

“Travelers should avoid all travel to India. Because of the current situation in India, even fully vaccinated travellers may be at risk for getting and spreading COVID-19 variants and should avoid all travel to India.”

Earlier this week, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson cancelled a state visit to India. The same day UK authorities issued a fresh advisory putting India on their ‘red list’ for travel.

Air India also cancelled all the flights to and from the UK from April 24 to 30. In a statement, Air India said:

“Passengers who were to travel between India and the UK may kindly note that given recent restrictions announced by the UK, flights from/to the UK stand cancelled from 24th to 30th April 2021.”

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