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European countries banned flights from the UK on Sunday and the WHO called for stronger containment measures as the British government warned that a potent new strain of the virus was “out of control”.
As the World Health Organization urged its European members to strengthen measures against a new variant of Covid-19 circulating in Britain, the Netherlands imposed a ban on UK flights from 6:00 am (0500 GMT) on Sunday and Belgium said it would follow suit from midnight with ban on planes and trains from the UK.
Alarm bells were ringing across Europe which last week became the first region in the world to pass 500,000 deaths from Covid-19 since the pandemic broke out a year ago after it appeared that a new, even more infectious strain of the virus was raging in parts of Britain.
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Sunday, 20 December 2020 - 18:47
It was announced today (20) that the Sri Lankans living abroad do not require the approval of the Foreign Ministry to travel to Sri Lanka from 26 December.
Further explaining the process, Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL) Chairperson, Upul Dharmadasa stated that as the number of PCR tests that can be conducted at the airport is limited, as well as it approximately takes two hours for a group of 50 passengers to undergo the process of disinfection, PCR testing and other protocols, the number of passengers that can fly on inbound flights will be limited.
He stated that airlines were informed prior in this regard, and had given a quota of passengers that they can accommodate in a flight inbound to Sri Lanka.
Sunday, 20 December 2020 - 15:19
Pakistan has appointed former Test cricketer Mohammad Wasim as chairman of its selection committee until the 2023 World Cup.
The 43-year-old Wasim will replace Misbah-ul-Haq, who stepped down in October to concentrate on his job as head coach of the national team.
Wasim’s first assignment will be to select the Pakistan team for next month’s two-test and three Twenty20 home series against South Africa.
He played 18 Tests and 25 one-day internationals for Pakistan between 1996 and 2000.
Sunday, 28 March 2021 - 21:04
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