COVID-19 spread in the state, the West Bengal government today extended the restriction on domestic flights from high prevalence places to Kolkata.
No flights from six cities in the country will be allowed at the Kolkata Airport till August 15. These cities are Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Chennai and Ahmedabad.
Mamata Banerjee-led state government earlier imposed a restriction on domestic flights from July 6 to 31.The West Bengal government has allowed domestic flights in Kolkata from May 29.
All passengers must submit a self-declaration form stating that they had not tested positive for COVID-19 in the past two months, the state government said earlier.The state government earlier extended the biweekly lockdown till August 31.