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Covid-19: Uganda to stop flights to and from India amid coronavirus surge

Kampala - The country has detected the Indian variant of the novel coronavirus.

Published: Fri 30 Apr 2021, 9:07 PM

Updated: Fri 30 Apr 2021, 9:09 PM

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Uganda will suspend flights to and from India after midnight on Saturday amid the coronavirus surge in the Southeast Asian nation, the country's health ministry said on Friday, two days after neighbouring Kenya did the same.

Also on Friday, a senior Ugandan health official said the country has detected the Indian variant of the novel coronavirus, igniting fears the East African nation could suffer a resurgence of cases just when its outbreak has waned.

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