DUBAI: Kuwait on Saturday suspended all direct commercial flights coming from India until further notice due to the worsening Covid situation in the country.
The move came after instructions from health authorities.
Kuwait’s directorate general of civil aviation said it had suspended all direct commercial flights coming from India, effective April 24.
All passengers arriving from India either directly or via another country will be banned from entering unless they have spent at least 14 days out of India, it said in a statement on Twitter.
Kuwaiti citizens, their first degree relatives and their domestic workers will be allowed to enter the country.
Operations of freight flights would continue, it said.
Over one million Indian community members live in Kuwait, the largest expatriate community in the country, according to the Indian Embassy in Kuwait.
Earlier, the UK, the UAE and Canada announced to ban flights from India amid the worsening Covid situation in the country.
Meanwhile, the UAE on Friday updated its travel ban for India, saying all incoming flights on national and foreign carriers from the country would be suspended, while transportation of passengers from the Gulf country to India would be allowed.
The UAE on Thursday banned travel from India for 10 days from Sunday due to the worsening Covid situation in the country.