India is to ban arrivals from the UK. Credit: PA
By ITV News Producer in Delhi
India has banned all flights from the UK until the end of the year after the discovery of a new and more infectious variant of coronavirus in south-east England.
The ban will come into effect from midnight on Tuesday until December 31.
People arriving in India before then will be subject to a mandatory Covid test at the airport.
Indian minister of Civil Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri said in a series of tweets that if any arrivals in India had the new Covid variant, it could pose a critical risk to people in the country.
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Expressing concern over the new coronavirus strain in the UK, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday demanded that the Centre ban all flights from the UK immediately in view of the emergence of a mutated variant of the coronavirus there.
The Union Health Ministry has called an urgent meeting of its Joint Monitoring Group on Monday to discuss the emergence of the new strain in the UK, which has led to a surge in the infection rate there.
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday announced that night curfew will be imposed in the state s cities as a precautionary measure starting Tuesday night. The development came after the CM held a contingency meeting to discuss the new mutation of the coronavirus detected in the United Kingdom.
Night curfew from 11pm to 6am will be in place in cities from tomorrow night to January 5, lasting a total of 15 days, the state government has decided. Separate hospitals will be earmarked for those who are detected with the new strain, it was announced after Monday s meet.
Institutional quarantine of 14 days has also been mandated in Maharashtra for travellers returning from Europe and countries in Central Asia. Passengers coming to Maharashtra, the state worst-hit by Covid-19, from other countries will be home quarantined, a statement released by the state government added.
India Records 26,624 New Covid Cases; Over 1 Crore Cases So Far
India Records 26,624 New Covid Cases; Over 1 Crore Cases So Far
NEW DELHI: India’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,00,31,223 with 26,624 new infections being reported in a day, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 95.80 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to 95.51 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday.
The death toll increased to 1,45,477 with 341 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 95,80,402 pushing the national recovery rate to 95.51 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.45 per cent.