Nepal extends flight ban to 5 July 2020

Report by : Gan Yung Chyan

                  / KUCINTA SETIA

Image courtesy : Takeshi Fujinami

According to Nepal Airlines, Nepal's Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation decided on 14 June 2020 to extend the ban on international and domestic flights until 5 July 2020.

Affected by the covid epidemic, Nepal’s flight ban began in late March this year, and has been postponed several times in accordance with the needs of the prevention and control of the epidemic.

According to the notice issued by the Nepal Civil Aviation Authority, if Nepal Airlines and other airlines needs to operate evacuation flights, cargo flights, rescue flights during the ban, it is necessary to obtain permission from the Nepal Civil Aviation Authority in advance.

According to data released by the Nepalese Ministry of Health and Population in the afternoon of 14 June, there have been 425 new cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Nepal in the past 24 hours, with a total of 5760 cases. There is no sign of improvement in the epidemic situation in Nepal. At the same time, Nepal also reported its 19th covid death case that day.

The Nepalese government issued a new regulation that day, requiring people entering and leaving the Kathmandu Valley to have permission from their origin and destination governments to travel.