India extends coronavirus restrictions until end of January

India extends coronavirus restrictions until end of January

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India currently permits inbound and outbound travel to 23 countries under "air bubbles," which are temporary travel arrangements with these countries aimed at "restarting commercial passenger services when regular international flights are suspended as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic," according to the Ministry of Civil Aviation here.

These 23 destinations include the UAE, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait and Qatar in the Gulf. However, some GCC states announced one week ago that they were temporarily suspending all international passengers flights in view of the emergence of a new variant of Coronavirus.

The Ministry of Home Affairs said today that across India's states and union territories, "containment Zones continue to be demarcated carefully, prescribed containment measures strictly followed within these zones, COVID-appropriate behaviour promoted and strictly enforced and Standard Operating Procedures prescribed in respect of various permitted activities followed scrupulously."

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