An ANI tweet surfaced on Thursday stating that no scheduled international commercial passenger flights will be allowed to land in India from March 22 for one week in wake of intense COVID 19 outbreak. The fourth COVID19 death also got reported on Thursday. The man had a travelling history of travelling to both Italy and Germany.
In one of the ANI tweets, the Govt of India has also stated that railways and civil aviation will be suspending all concessional travel except for students, patients and divyang category.
Government of India: No scheduled international commercial passenger flights shall be allowed to land in India from March 22 for one week. #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/cr7txySAhJ
— ANI (@ANI) March 19, 2020
Govt of India: All children below 10 should be advised to stay at home and not to venture out. Railways and civil aviation shall suspend all concessional travel except for students, patients and divyang category. https://t.co/rf7XbLVvZ8
— ANI (@ANI) March 19, 2020
Here is a notification by Press Information Bureau, Govt of India mentioning the ban on flights landing in India for a week starting from March 22:
