India likely to extend ban on flights from the UK - minister
"I foresee a slight extension of the temporary suspension. I don't expect that extension to be a long or indefinite extension"
An Air India passenger plane takes off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad January 30, 2013. REUTERS/Amit Dave/Files
India's Civil Aviation Minister on Tuesday said the country was likely to extend a ban on flights from Britain that it has imposed in a bid to contain a new strain of the coronavirus.
"I foresee a slight extension of the temporary suspension. I don't expect that extension to be a long or indefinite extension," Hardeep Singh Puri told reporters.
India last week suspended all flights from Britain until the end of the month.
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