Abu Dhabi, July 20 -- Keeping the COVID-19 situation in India and other countries in view, UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has announced that the inbound passenger traffic from sixteen countries including India would remain suspended until further notice.

Travel suspensions from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Indonesia, Liberia, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Uganda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, and Zambia.

In a new safety decision, the authority maintained the status quo of previously issued travel restrictions.

"The current development on the COVID- 19 pandemic leads the UAE to impose new flight and passengers' restrictions. The UAE government is closely monitoring t...