Canada suspended all passenger flights from India and Pakistan on Thursday for 30 days, Transportation Minister Omar Alghabra announced, citing increased Covid-19 cases detected in travelers arriving from these countries.
“Given the higher number of cases of Covid-19 detected in air passengers arriving in Canada from India and Pakistan […] I am suspending all commercial and private passenger flights arriving in Canada from India and Pakistan for 30 days,” Alghabra told a news conference.