No international flight to land in India from March 22 for one week

Coimbatore: In a latest move, among a slew of steps taken by the government to curb passengers coming from abroad in light of the coronavirus pandemic. the government on Thursday said no international flight will land in India from March 22 for one week.


Coimbatore: In a latest move, among a slew of steps taken by the government to curb passengers coming from abroad in light of the coronavirus pandemic. the government on Thursday said no international flight will land in India from March 22 for one week.

"No International aircraft shall land in India after midnight falling between March 21 and March 22 till midnight falling between March 28 and March 29," Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, said at a press conference. 

These are temporary measures being announced to contain the spread of Covid-19 virus and will be reviewed later, he added. 

Previously, it announced the suspension of all visas for passengers coming from Covid-19 countries, including all of EU, the UK and several Gulf countries.

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