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Alert India halts UK flights
Alert India halts UK flights
All those who booked India-UK flights during December 23-31 period are advised to wait for air bubble to reopen
New Delhi: India on Monday joined the growing list of countries that have suspended passenger flight operations to and from the United Kingdom after a new mutant variant of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 was discovered to be more infectious.
The UK authorities have said the new strand of coronavirus is responsible for 70 per cent of all new cases in the country forcing it to impose a stricter lockdown.
In response, the Ministry of Civil Aviation suspended flight operations to and from the UK till December 31, 2020, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said, adding: "We are taking no chances.
We had to take this decision as a precautionary step. This has come on the basis of advice from our health experts." Hardeep Puri said that all passengers coming from the UK until the temporary suspension comes into effect at midnight Tuesday-Wednesday will be subjected to mandatory RT-PCR tests upon arrival in India.
