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National airline Air India announced on Tuesday free one-time ticket rescheduling for passengers traveling from the UK, Oman and Saudi Arabia following the government’s decision to halt air travel in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Air India said passengers who were booked to travel on now-suspended flights from the …

“This mutation of the virus is not affecting the severity of the disease,” said Dr. VK Paul. New Delhi: At a time when India is witnessing a decline in active coronavirus cases, a new mutation of the COVID-19 virus strain in the UK has become a ‘super-propagator’ with a transmissibility …

By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 22, 2020 8:50:20 pm An Indian municipal worker in personal protective equipment (PPE) watches passengers arriving from the UK at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, December 22, 2020. In light of the emergence of a new, …

By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 22, 2020 8:02:34 pm Passengers arriving from the UK at Mumbai airport on Tuesday (Express photo) The highly infectious new strain of coronavirus found in the UK, leading some 40 countries to sever travel ties with the country, has yet …

Six passengers traveling on Air India’s London-Delhi flight tested positive for COVID-19 upon arrival, a senior government official said on December 22. Read also: Coronavirus, December 22 updates The flight landed around 11.30pm on December 21. “Five COVID-positive passengers were found at the Delhi airport. A passenger, who took a …

India has already imposed a temporary ban on all flights to and from the UK (Representative) New Delhi: A mutated and more aggressive strain of the new coronavirus, which was first identified in the UK in September, has not been seen in India until now, the government said Tuesday. The …

This comes as the Ministry of Aviation announced on Monday the suspension of all flights to and from the UK from today until the end of December 31, and made it mandatory for all passengers to arrive before the ban takes effect. the Covid-19 test is carried out. Read also …

There is growing alarm around the world after scientists in the UK described a recently identified variant of the coronavirus which appears to be more contagious than, and genetically distinct, more established variants. The new variant will be called VUI-202012/01, the UK’s first “Variant Under Investigation” in December 2020. Even …

Amid the discovery of a new, more infectious coronavirus strain in the UK, five people out of 266 passengers and flight crew members tested positive for the new coronavirus in India. The flight arrived at Delhi airport from London on Monday evening, according to reports. Talking to the news agency …

All international flights, including those by Air India, to and from Saudi Arabia were suspended for a week on Monday due to fears over a new strain of coronavirus that put London and the entire south of England in a Christmas lockdown last week. . The General Civil Aviation Authority …