Saudi Arabia Cancels Travel To And From India As COVID-19 Cases Rise, Saudi Arabia

In a major development, Saudi Arabia suspended all flights to and from India, due to an increase in coronavirus cases in the country. Besides India, it has also canceled air travel to and from Brazil and Argentina for the same reason as well. Not only this, the government has also banned people with a travel history to any of the aforementioned countries 14 days before their arrival in Saudi Arabia.

The General Civil Aviation Authority (GACA) of Saudi Arabia said: “Suspend travel to and from the following countries (India, Brazil and Argentina), including anyone who has been to any of the countries mentioned in the last (14) days before his arrival in the Kingdom. ”

But if a person has official invitations from the government, he can enter the country.

GACA circular with title Suspension of travel to countries where the COVID-19 virus has emerged, was sent to all airlines and chartered flight operators at Saudi Arabian airports.

Saudi Arabia suspends flights to and from India.

The General Civil Aviation Authority (GACA) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has suspended all flights to and from Brazil, India and Argentina in the wake of the increasing number of Covid-19 cases.#gaca #avgeek #pandemic #Travel pic.twitter.com/gA4PJ0hFTl

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Just a few days ago, the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA) suspended Air India flights for 24 hours for carrying two COVID-positive passengers on August 28 and September 4. Flights resumed after a day of suspension. The UAE government has made it mandatory for passengers traveling from India to carry an original COVID negative certificate from an RT-PCR test taken within 96 hours (prior to travel). virus outbreak. Later, the Indian government had organized special international flights between India and Saudi Arabia that have been operational since May 6 under the Vande Bharat mission.

Given that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have a large number of Indian immigrants, this is a great decision. Meanwhile, India is seeing an increase in positive COVID-19 cases almost every other day; to date, there are more than 5.3 million cases in the country.