NEW DELHI, July 8: Oman on Thursday indefinitely suspended passenger flights from 24 countries including India, Pakistan and Bangladesh to check spread of Coronavirus.
The flights have been suspended until further notice, the sultanate’s official Twitter account for countering Covid-19 announced. The decision was taken as part of the country’s measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic, it said.
The other countries on the list included the UK, Tunisia, Lebanon, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Ethiopia, Sudan, Tanzania, South Africa, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Guinea, Colombia, Argentina and Brazil.
The ban on arrivals from some of these countries has already been in place since April 24.
Oman on Wednesday reported 1,675 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 280,235. The country has reported 3,356 coronavirus-related deaths so far.
(Manas Dasgupta)