Nepal restricts passengers originating from or transiting through UK to board flights to the country from Dec 23 until further notice

KATHMANDU, Dec 22: Nepal has implemented travel restrictions to and from the United Kingdom (UK) owing to the severe contagion of a new strain of the novel coronavirus discovered in the European country.

“Nepal shall not onboard the passengers originating from or transiting through the UK,” reads a statement released by the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) on Tuesday.

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The entry restriction will go into effect from the midnight of 23rd December until further notice.

The UK has remained in COVID-19 isolation after much of the world including India, Canada, France, Germany, South Africa cut off travel ties with the country in view of a highly infectious new coronavirus strain.

Read the statement