Canada bans passenger flights from India, Pakistan for 30 days
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Flights from the two South Asia nations suspended after COVID-19 cases detected in travellers arriving from the region.
Canada has banned all passenger flights from India and Pakistan for 30 days due to the growing wave of COVID-19 cases in that region, Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said. “Given the higher number of cases of COVID-19 detected in air passengers arriving in Canada from India and Pakistan … I am suspending all commercial and private passenger flights arriving in Canada from Indian and Pakistan for 30 days,” Alghabra told a news conference on Thursday. The measure went go into effect at 11:30pm Eastern Time on Thursday (03:30 GMT on Friday).
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