Sri Lanka suspends inbound international flights to check Covid spread

All inbound flights to Sr Lanka has been suspended for 10 days to check spread of Covid in the country. Sri Lanka reported the highest spike in new cases and deaths on Friday.

The Sri Lankan government has suspended all inbound international passenger flights for 10 days from Friday as part of its efforts to curb the spread of the pandemic in the island nation, which reported the highest spike in infections and deaths on Wednesday. The Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL) said on Wednesday the flight suspension will be in force from midnight of May 21 to midnight of May 31. The CAASL said passengers who require to leave the country would be allowed to do so during this period, via other international transit flights (with a halt of less than 12 hours) and flights originating from the country.