Pakistan cuts inbound flights by 80 percent
According to sources, the restrictions will remain imposed till May 20.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority on Wednesday slashed 80 inbound flights in the light of National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) directives to curb the surge of third wave of COVID-19 in the country, Dunya News reported.
According to sources, the restrictions will remain imposed till May 20 while the current sanctions plan will be reviewed on May 18.
Due to prevailing global and regional disease trends, Pakistan has decided to reduce inbound international travel from 5 May to 20th May. International flights to Pakistan will be reduced to 20 per cent during this period.
All the international travelers coming to Pakistan will require to produces a mandatory negative COVID-19 PCR test that has to be taken within 72 hours of the travel date.
Sources further said that the PCR test will be done again at the airport on arrival in Pakistan. If the test is negative, then the travelers would be quarantine for ten days.
