Majority want govt to suspend flights from UK, South Africa amid jump in Covid-19 cases: Survey

MUMBAI: As many as two-thirds of the people want the government to suspend flights from the UK and South Africa amid a near sharp increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the country in the recent weeks, according to a survey.
At the same time, another 43 per cent of the people covered under the survey, conducted by online platform LocalCircles, were in favour of suspending all international air services to contain the ‘second wave’ of the pandemic, it said.
The survey findings are based on the responses received from over 8,800 citizens from across 244 districts in the country, as per a statement.
Scheduled international operations remain suspended since late March last year. Amid this, special international flights have been allowed under the Vande Bharat Mission since May last year and under bilateral “air bubble” arrangements with select countries since July.