Pakistan extends travel restrictions amid new variant of COVID-19
Lahore, 28th December: Pakistan has extended the travel restrictions on inbound flights from the UK till January, 4th.
Baaghi TV: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has announced on Monday that it is extending the coronavirus travel restrictions on inbound travellers from the UK till January 4.
Earlier, on December 21 and 22, Pakistan announced travel restrictions for inbound travellers from the UK, after infections from a new strain of the coronavirus started surging in the European country.
Previously, the CAA had announced that the ban would remain in effect till December 29, 2020.
Several countries around the world banned air travel to and from the UK, fearing the new passengers will bring the new variant of the virus to their country as well.
The CAA had announced that Pakistani passport holders who have been issued Business, Visitor or Transit visas by British authorities could return to the country provided they had a negative PCR test.
The test, however, must have been taken 72 hours prior to the start of their travel to Pakistan, the aviation authority had said.
The government had also allowed Pakistanis who hold study, family, work and settlement visas in the UK to return to Pakistan “if their visas are expiring within the next 30 days from the issuance of this letter while holding negative PCR Test Reports conducted within the 72 hours prior to commencement of travel to Pakistan”.
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