Besides India, Saudi Arabia also suspended air travel to and from Brazil and Argentina.
In an official statement, GACA said: “Saudi Arabia has suspended travel to and from India, Brazil and Argentina; including anyone who was there 14 days prior to its proposed arrival in Saudi Arabia.”
However, passengers who have official government invitations have been excluded from this suspension.
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are home to a significant population of Indian immigrants.
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Five days ago, Air India Express had said that the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA) suspended its flights for 24 hours for carrying two passengers with Covid positive certificates on August 28 and September 4.
According to UAE government rules, all passengers traveling from India are required to bring an original negative Covid certificate from an RT-PCR test performed within 96 hours of travel.
Hong Kong also banned Air India flights from Sunday to October 3 after some passengers on its Friday flight tested positive for Covid-19 after arrival, a senior government official said on Sunday.
The number of Covid-19 cases in India reached 56,46,010, and the death toll rose to 90,020 with 1,085 people succumbing to the disease in the last 24 hours, data from the Ministry of Health updated at 8 a.m. showed. Wednesday.
(With PTI inputs)
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