Pakistan Cuts 20 Percent Inbound International Flights Amid Covid-19 Pendamic: NCOC

The National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), which is the main anti-corona body of Pakistan, said that the decision to decrease the number of inbound flights was taken in view of the prevailing pandemic situation.

Pakistan has decided to cuts the inbound international flights up to 20 per cent of the current numbers from May 5 as part of measures to contain the spread of coronavirus in the country, officials said yesterday

And it is noted that as of now, travellers from 22 countries will be ban to enter in Pakistan. List include South Africa, Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Comoros, Mozambique, Zambia, Tanzania, Rwanda, Brazil, Peru, Columbia, Chile, Eswatini, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Malawi, Seychelles, Somalia, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela.

NCOC advised that all travellers arriving at Pakistan should produce a negative RT-PCR test taken maximum 72 hours before travelling. Every passenger would undergo rapid antigen testing on arrival at Pakistan International Airport.

This circular comes in action after 4,696 new cases in the past 24 hours, taking the national counts to 824,519, while the Covid-19 death toll jumped to 17,957.

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