The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) has extended the suspension of all international and domestic flights until May 7 in an effort to contain the spread of coronavirus in the country.
“The ban on international passenger flights has been extended until May 7,” said a CAAB press releaseon Monday.
Bahrain, Bhutan, Hong Kong, India, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and United Kingdom (UK) will come under the restriction, reports UNB.
However, special flights, air ambulance, emergency landing flights and cargo flights will remain out of the purview of the ban, the release added.
On March 21, Bangladesh cancelled all international passenger flights until March 31 with 10 countries. Later, the ban was extended until April 7.
On March 15, the country suspended on-arrival visas for all countries for two weeks.
Bangladesh on Monday announced 497 new coronavirus cases and seven deaths. So far, the country has confirmed 5913 cases and 152 deaths.
Till now, the fast-spreading coronavirus, which was first reported in China’s Wuhan, has claimed more than 207,000 lives and infected more than 2,996,000 people globally, according to Worldometer.
As many as 881,856 people have recovered from Covid-19, which has spread to 210 countries and territories across the planet.