Canada lifts ban on direct flights from India
The Hindu
Travellers must have proof of a negative COVID-19 molecular test from the approved Genestrings Laboratory at the Delhi airport.
Canada will allow direct flights from India from Monday, lifting the ban on them after a gap of more than five months. Announcing the decision, Transport Canada on Saturday in a tweet said: "Beginning at 00:01 EDT on September 27, direct flights from India can land in Canada with additional public health measures in place."
"Travellers must have proof of a negative COVID-19 molecular test from the approved Genestrings Laboratory at the Delhi airport taken within 18 hours of the scheduled departure of their direct flight to Canada," it added.
In April, Canada to and from India when the second COVID-19 wave hit India. The date of reopening has been postponed many times.
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