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• The development came after 20 people, who have returned from the UK to India, have tested positive for the new Covid-19 variant, which is 20% more infectious
• The Indian govt had earlier announced a week-long suspension of flights between the UK and India till 31 Dec

India on Wednesday extended the ban on flights from the United Kingdom till 7 January next year, following the detection of cases of the new coronavirus strain in the country.

The improvement came after 20 individuals, who have gotten back from the UK to India, have tried positive for the new Covid-19 variation, which is 20% more irresistible. On Tuesday, it was accounted for that six UK returnees tried positive for the new Covid-19 strain.

Taking to Twitter, Hardeep Singh Puri, the common flying priest stated, “Choice has been taken to expand the impermanent suspension of trips to and from the UK till 7 January 2021.”

“From that point carefully directed resumption will happen for which subtleties will be reported presently,” Puri composed on Twitter.

Decision has been taken to extend the temporary suspension of flights to & from the UK till 7 January 2021.

Thereafter strictly regulated resumption will take place for which details will be announced shortly.

— Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) December 30, 2020

Puri had before said the nation is probably going to expand the transitory suspension of trips to and from the UK past 31 December.

“I anticipate a slight augmentation of the brief suspension,” the common avionics serve had said.

The Indian government had before declared seven days in length suspension of trips between the UK and India till 31 December.

All Covid+ global travelers to go through genome sequencing

The Union Health Ministry has said that all the worldwide travelers who showed up in India during the most recent 14 days before the movement boycott to the UK and were tried positive for Covid-19, will be exposed to genome sequencing.

The Indian specialists have woken up after the new “quick-spreading” Covid variation was found in Britain.

The Center likewise explained that the genome sequencing of the suggestive or positive travelers will be accomplished for the individuals who went in the nation from 9 December to 22 December 2020.

While the new UK infection strain is accepted to 70% more contagious than the more established strain, researchers have said it is less deadly. The new Covid variation has additionally been found to influence individuals in the age gathering of 30-60 years.

Notwithstanding, specialists have recommended that the Covid-19 immunizations right now being developed will be powerful against the new strain also.

According to the information from EaseMyTrip, Vistara at present works five-week after week departures from Delhi to London. Public transporter Air India works a few weeks by week trips to London from Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Kochi, Amritsar, Bangalore, and Ahmedabad.

English Airways has six week after week flights each between Delhi-London and Bangalore-London, five-week after week trips between Mumbai-London, and four week by week trips between Chennai and London. Virgin Atlantic works four week by week flights each from Mumbai and New Delhi to London.