Afghanistan’s Public Health Ministry is proposing a ban on flights from India as part of measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus.
The ministry said that it is also proposing restrictions on passenger movements at Iran and Pakistan borders as well as preventing gatherings.
The ministry is also proposing re-operationalization of emergency committees to fight coronavirus.
This comes amid warning by authorities that a third wave of the virus may hit Afghanistan.
India’s surge in coronavirus infections is growing at the fastest pace in the world.
The nation of nearly 1.4 billion people set a global record of new daily infections for a fifth straight day Monday. The 350,179 new cases pushed India’s total past 17 million, behind only the United States. Deaths rose by 2,812 in the past 24 hours, bringing total fatalities to 195,123.
