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Indian students, families caught up in UK flight suspension

10:01 pm December 21, 2020

London: Many Indian students booked to travel back home to be with their friends and family in India over the Christmas and New Year period are among those caught up in Monday’s suspension of all flights to and from the UK as the world reacts to a new rapid-spreading strain of coronavirus detected in parts of England. While many […]

New coronavirus strain: India suspends all UK flights from Wednesday to Dec 31

6:32 pm December 21, 2020

New Delhi: All flights connecting the UK and India will remain suspended from Wednesday till December 31, the Civil Aviation Ministry said on Monday in view of the emergence of a mutated variant of the coronavirus there. Moreover, it said passengers coming from the UK through flights till Tuesday midnight would be tested for COVID-19 […]

Countries begin to seal off UK amid new coronavirus variant surge

5:12 pm December 21, 2020

London: France became the latest European country to close all its borders with the UK after Germany, Italy, Belgium, Denmark, Bulgaria, the Irish Republic, Turkey and Canada suspended flights amid growing concerns of an ”out of control” new variant of coronavirus spreading at a much faster pace in parts of England. India, so far, remains in the […]

Several EU nations halt UK flights, fearing virus variant

10:13 pm December 20, 2020

Berlin: The German government said on Sunday it was planning to restrict travel to and from Britain because of the new coronavirus variant. A government spokesman said Germany is working on a regulation to restrict travel between Germany and Britain to protect the country from the new coronavirus variant. The government said it was in contact with […]

Several EU nations halt UK flights, fearing virus variant

8:18 pm December 20, 2020

Berlin: Several European Union nations on Sunday banned flights from the UK and Germany was considering limiting such flights to make sure that a new strain of coronavirus sweeping across southern England does not establish a strong foothold on the continent. The Netherlands banned flights from the U.K. for at least the rest of the […]