Oman on Thursday suspended until further notice air travel from 24 countries, including Pakistan and India, the Sultanate’s pandemic response body said. The other countries in the list are India, Bangladesh, Ghana, Tunisia, Lebanon, Brunei, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Iran, Argentina, Brazil, Sudan, Iraq, the Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, the United Kingdom, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Colombia, Nigeria, Libya. The flight curbs have been introduced to prevent the spread of the coronavirus into the country’s borders, as all of the countries on the list are currently tackling outbreaks caused by the highly contagious Delta variant of the virus. “Arrivals to the Sultanate from 24 countries have been suspended until further notice in order to preserve the safety of everyone and prevent the spread of the coronavirus,” the Gulf state’s coronavirus task force tweeted. The country of 5 million has reported 1,824 new coronavirus cases, bringing its total to 278,560 with 3,339 deaths. Nearly 40 percent of Oman’s population are expatriates, coming mostly from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, and other countries on the travel ban list.
متعلقہ مضامین
-
Weekly inflation up 18.89pc YoY
-
Families of four martyred cops to be looked after by govt: PM
-
President urges nation to implement coronavirus SOPs
-
COVID-19 claims 73 lives, infects 5,152 more people
-
Sri Lankan Buddhist monks visits Badshahi Masjid, Lahore Fort
-
Flow of Covid-19 patients brings Punjab, KP hospitals under stress
-
Vaccination for citizens aged 50-59 begins across country
-
Reforms process started in MoIB in 2018 being resumed: Fawad
-
12 killed in road accident in Khairpur
-
Pakistan Navy’s plantation campaign: an endeavor to preserve the future
-
3rd Iran-Pakistan border crossing to be inaugurated today
-
Eight transferred Women Medical officers yet to report for duty at Govt Hospital in Naundero