International flights on December 27: Here are flights operated by Air India under Vande Bharat Mission
International flights: Check flights leaving for and from India to bring back stranded Indians.
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The Centre started the ‘Vande Bharat Mission’ on May 6 to help those stranded due to the novel coronavirus pandemic reach their destinations via international repatriation flights.
According to the Civil Aviation Ministry, 12,241 repatriation flights were operated by the Air India Group under the Vande Bharat Mission till December 25, carrying over 16.30 lakh passengers. Of these, 6,156 were inbound flights carrying 10.01 lakh passengers and 6,159 were outbound flights with 6.28 lakh fliers.
Several states in the country are on high alert as 18 more flyers from the UK tested positive for the COVID-19 virus on Thursday, taking the cumulative infections to 47 since Sunday.
Woman who returned from UK tests Covid positive, flees Delhi after taking train to Andhra
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The woman who was working as a teacher in the UK, returned to India on December 21 and landed in Delhi.
A Covid-19 positive woman who allegedly managed to give the slip to authorities in Delhi after her arrival from the UK recently and reach Andhra Pradesh by train has been traced to Rajamahendravaram and admitted to a hospital along with her son, officials said today.
Their swab samples are being sent to the National Institute of Virology in Pune to determine whether she contracted the new strain of Covid-19, detected in the United Kingdom, a Health department official said.
Will talk to airport authorities: Jain on two COVID-positive flyers from UK slipping out
Amid mounting concern over a new strain of the virus detected in the UK, the Delhi government on Tuesday had said people who have arrived here recently from that country, are being traced and tested.
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A plane lands at IGI Airport as others stand parked during Unlock 2 in New Delhi. (Photo | PTI) By Express News Service
NEW DELHI: Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Thursday said the city government will approach airport authorities here over a report that two Covid-positive flyers from the UK had slipped out from the Indira Gandhi International airport.
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