NEW DELHI: The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) of the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabiahas suspended all flights to and from India in wake of the growing wide variety of Covid-19 instances here.
Besides India, air tour to and from Brazil and Argentina has additionally been suspended with the aid of using Saudi Arabia.
In an professional statement, GACA stated: "Saudi Arabia has suspended tour to and from India, Brazil, and Argentina; together with any character who has been there 14 days previous to their proposed arrival in Saudi."
However, passengers who've professional authorities invites were excluded from this suspension.
Saudi Arabia and the UAE host a vast Indian migrant population.
Five days back, Air India Express had stated the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA) suspended its flights for twenty-four hours for bringing passengers with Covid-fine certificate on August 28 and September 4.
According to guidelines of the UAE authorities, each passenger visiting from India is needed to carry an authentic Covid-terrible certificates of an RT-PCR check carried out inside ninety six hours previous to the journey.
Hong Kong additionally banned Air India flights from Sunday until October three after some passengers on its flight on Friday examined fine for Covid-19 publish arrival, a senior authorities professional stated on Sunday.
The wide variety of Covid-19 instances in India reached 56,46,010, and the loss of life toll climbed to 90,020 with 1,1/2 humans succumbing to the ailment withinside the beyond 24 hours, the fitness ministry's statistics up to date at eight am on Wednesday showed.
