New Covid-19 strain: With 20 cases, India extends UK flight ban till Jan 7

The government suspended flights to/from the UK from December 24 for one week to prevent the entry of the new variant of Covid-19

The Centre has extended the ban on UK flights till January 7 and asked all the states to keep a strict vigil on New Year celebrations to check the spread of the new variant of the Covid-19 virus.

So far, 20 cases of the new strain of the virus have been detected in India, and over 30,000 passengers who returned from UK from November 23 onwards are being tracked and tested.

India had earlier suspended flights from UK from December 22 till December 31. The ban has now been extended till January 7 following the advice of the health ministry’s