Pakistan bans travel from 12 countries amid spike in coronavirus cases
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan imposed a complete ban on travel from 12 countries, including South Africa, Rwanda and Tanzania, in a bid to curb the spike of coronavirus cases as the country on Sunday recorded 3,667 new cases, taking the national tally to 626,802.
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) notified a fresh list of countries categorised into A, B and C after emergence of South African and Brazilian strain of the virus and imposed a complete ban on travel from 12 countries, categorised as C.
The travel restrictions and a ban on inbound passengers from 12 countries will remain effective from March 23 to April 5.
