UAE has banned travel from India for 10 days

UAE has banned travel from India for 10 days from Sunday due to the worsening COVID-19 situation in india.

The travel ban will come into effect from 11.59 pm on Saturday, April 24, and is subject to review after 10 days, the Gulf News reported.

Passengers who have transited through India in the last 14 days are also not permitted to board from any other point to the UAE, the report said.

However, departure flights will continue to operate, it added.

This came as India recorded the world's highest daily tally of 314,835 new Covid-19 infections on Thursday as a second wave of the pandemic raised new fears about the ability of crumbling health services to cope.

At least eight countries around the world have announced travel bans and restrictions on passengers from India to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

Health officials across northern and western India including the capital, New Delhi, said they were in crisis, with most hospitals full and running out of oxygen.

The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advised all American citizens to avoid travelling to India even if they have been administered vaccine doses. The CDC has currently placed India among ‘level 4’ countries, or those with ‘very high’ level of cases.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on April 8 that the country had temporarily suspended entry of all passengers from India including its own citizens for 14 days.