{"id":8831,"date":"2020-03-12T12:10:45","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T06:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.22.110.190\/english\/?p=8831"},"modified":"2021-01-05T03:09:04","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T21:39:04","slug":"coronavirus-with-foreign-visas-to-india-suspended-airlines-likely-to-cancel-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/coronavirus-with-foreign-visas-to-india-suspended-airlines-likely-to-cancel-flights\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: with foreign visas to India suspended, airlines likely to cancel flights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the Centre announcing suspension of foreign visas to India with effect from March 13 to check the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country, foreign airlines will likely cancel their flights to India.<\/p>\n<p>The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India is 67. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 as a \u201cpandemic\u201d on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Since India has been able to contain the spread of the virus to a great extent, tracked down several travellers and possible cases and there has been no death from COVID-19 so far in the country, it is being felt that the move, though stern, will help in prevention.<\/p>\n<p>The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday night announced the suspension of all foreign visas to India from March 13 at 12:00 GMT at the port of departure and will be in place till April 15, said a press release by Ministry. The visa-free travel facility of overseas citizens of India (OCI) will also remain suspended during this period. The decisions were taken at a meeting headed by Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan.<\/p>\n<p>Exceptions include diplomatic, official, UN\/International organisations, employment and project visas.Officials of various airlines think that not only the visa suspension but also the possibility of being quarantined will lead to a great reduction in the number of foreign tourists.<\/p>\n<p>As a large number of travellers to India are overseas citizens of India (OCI) or people of Indian origin (PIO), the business of foreign airline operators is likely to be hugely affected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India is 67.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":279,"featured_media":8832,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[246,281],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-8831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nation","tag-coronavirus-in-india","tag-harsh-vardhan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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