COVID-19 Spike: Kuwait suspends all commercial flights from India

Kuwait on Saturday suspended all direct commercial flights coming from India until further notice due to the worsening COVID-19 situation in the country.

The move came after instructions from health authorities.

Kuwait’s directorate general of civil aviation said that it had suspended all direct commercial flights coming from India, effective April



24.

All passengers arriving from India either directly or via another country will be banned from entering unless they have spent at least 14 days out of India, it said in a statement on Twitter.

Kuwaiti citizens, their first-degree relatives and their domestic workers will be allowed to enter the country.

Operations of freight flights will continue, it said.