Covid-19: Pakistan bans domestic air travel for unvaccinated people, cases cross 1mn mark
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has banned the domestic air travel for unvaccinated people as the Covid-19 cases crossed the 1 million-mark in the country on Sunday, according to officials.
The travel restriction, imposed by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), will be applicable from August 1 on unvaccinated people of over 18 years of age.
“Restriction is for domestic air travel and people travelling from Pakistan to abroad or from abroad to Pakistan are exempted from restriction. It is also not applicable on link flights if these are within 72 hours of arrival or departure,” according to an NCOC document.
Partially vaccinated people, foreign nationals, Pakistani nationals having documentary proof of vaccination abroad and patients with clinical conditions will be exempted from the restriction, it said.
