Just few hours of imposing ban on entry of passengers from EU countries, Turkey and the UK, India has issued yet another advisory for passengers travelling from Afghanistan, Philippines and Malaysia.
In continuation to the travel advisory issued on March 11 and March 16, the new advisory from India has now barred the entry of travellers from Afghanistan, Philippines and Malaysia with immediate effect. As per government’s instruction, no flight to India will take off after 3 pm and the temporary ban will be valid till 31st March, 2020.
As per the advisory, “Travel of passengers from Afghanistan, Philippines and Malaysia to India is prohibited with immediate effect. No flight shall take off from these countries to India after 1500 hours Indian Standard Time (IST). The airline shall enforce this at the port of initial departure. This instruction is a temporary measure and shall be in force till March 31 and will be reviewed subsequently.”
