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Central government extends UK flight ban till Jan 7

Harshit

Dec 30, 2020 05:55 GMT

After the surge of new UK COVID strain in the country, the Union Avaiation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri announced that the flight ban from the United Kingdom is extended till January 7.

The nation reported 20 cases of UK Covid variant since yesterday out of which 8 are from the national capital, 7 from from down south.

Decision has been taken to extend the temporary suspension of flights to & from the UK till 7 January 2021.

Thereafter strictly regulated resumption will take place for which details will be announced shortly.
— Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) December 30, 2020

"A decision has been taken to extend the temporary suspension of flights to & from the United Kingdom till 7 January 2021" said Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri

The flight ban was earlier till December 31 when the new variant from UK came into the highlight.