The Delhi government has lifted the mandatory 7-day institutional quarantine requirement for passengers arriving from the UK who test negative for Covid-19 at the airport. This is of significance as the Delhi government had introduced the now-revoked rule without notice earlier this month, something that caught hundreds of passengers by …
Read More »India to lift ban on flights to UK from January 8 on a limited basis amid new Covid strain – details here
India said on Friday that it has decided to lift the temporary ban on flights from the UK and will resume operations from January 8 on a limited basis amid concerns over the spread of the highly infectious new strain of Covid-19, which was first identified in the UK. Union …
Read More »India extends suspension of flights to the UK until January 7
NEW DELHI: Flights between India and the UK will now remain suspended until January 7, 2021. The government has decided to extend the suspension from December 23 to December 31 for one more week in the wake of the new and more infectious strain of coronavirus. “A decision has been …
Read More »UK flight suspension may be slightly extended: Hardeep Singh Puri
NEW DELHI: Temporary suspension of India-UK flights may be extended beyond December 31, aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri said Tuesday. India suspended passenger flights to and from the UK last week between December 23 and December 31, after a growing list of countries including Canada, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, …
Read More »The government issues guidelines for passengers arriving from the UK
Standard operating procedures for epidemiological surveillance and response are in the context of a new strain in the UK, the Union Health Ministry said in a statement. When publishing the SOP, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) said that the European Center for Disease Control (ECDC) estimates that …
Read More »Maharashtra’s overnight curfew in cities will start today – all you need to know
Maharashtra has announced that a seven-hour nightly curfew will be established in all cities and municipal corporate areas of the state. The curfew from 23:00 to 6:00 a.m. is imposed from Tuesday, December 22, 2020 for 15 days until January 5, 2021. What caused the curfew? A high-level meeting called …
Read More »‘Sick man from Europe’: UK isolated over fears over new Covid-19 strain
By: Reuters | Dover | Updated: December 21, 2020 7:59:54 pm British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a press conference in response to the current situation with the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), inside 10 Downing Street, London, on Saturday, December 19, 2020 (Toby Melville / Pool Photo via AP) The …
Read More »India bans flights from the UK for fear of the spread of the new Covid-19 variant
“Taking into account the prevailing situation in the UK, the Government of India has decided that all flights from the UK to India will be temporarily suspended until 11:59 PM on December 31st. suspension will begin before 11:59 pm on December 22, “said the Ministry of Civil Aviation Tweeted. Taking …
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