IndiGo suspends Bengaluru-Hong Kong flights from Feb 1 amid coronavirus outbreak

As coronavirus threat looms large, IndiGo airlines decided to suspend its flights on Bengaluru-Hong Kong and Delhi-Chengdu route effective from February 1, citing high number of cancellations. While flights on Delhi-Chengdu route will remain suspended till February 20, IndiGo has t disclosed period of suspension for Bengaluru-Hong Kong route.

"Due to China travel restrictions, we have seen a high number of cancellations from China on our Delhi-Chengdu route and vice versa,” said airline in a statement.

“refore, we are suspending our flights between Delhi and Chengdu from February 01, 2020 until February 20, 2020. We are also suspending our Bengaluru- Hong Kong flight effective February 01, 2020," it ded.

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India is continuously monitoring situation in China and Cabinet Secretary of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has reviewed preparedness against vel Coronavirus and evacuation plan. Screening of passengers with travel history from China has been extended to 13 more airports and ministry is procuring more rmal scanners for faster screening.

“Till yesterday, 155 flights have been screened (total cumulative passengers 33552). Samples of 20 passengers have so far been tested by NIV Pune.  All were found negative,” said Ministry on January 28.

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Request for evacuation

Meanwhile, Ministry of External Affairs has me a formal request to China to facilitate evacuation of Indian nationals from Wuhan, epicentre of Coronavirus outbreak. Indian Embassy in China is continuing to maintain close contact with its nationals in Wuhan city and elsewhere in Hubei. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson informed that Indian Embassy has opened three hotlines to respond to concerns of those affected by this situation.

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(With PTI inputs)