Sri Lanka on Tuesday resumed its worldwide air terminal here for travelers amidst the current COVID-19 lockdown with the main trip with 53 travelers arriving from Qatar.
Be that as it may, those with a movement record to India and Vietnam in the course of the most recent 14 days would not be permitted to land at the Colombo air terminal, said a senior Civil Aviation official, P A Jayakantha.
The inner travel limitations, which permit just fundamental administrations, have been basically from mid-May and due to be lifted on June 7.
Jayakantha said that the air terminal was re-opened at 12 PM for flights which are restricted to 75 travelers.
The main flight, a Qatar Airways airplane with 53 travelers, landed at the Katunayake International Airport at 2 AM (nearby time) from Doha, Daily Mirror paper cited an air terminal authority as saying.
The air terminal would in any case stay shut for Indian and Vietnamese travelers, the authority said.
The boycott additionally applies to Sri Lankans and different voyagers who have remained in India and Vietnam for as far back as 14 days or who have utilized their air terminals for travel.
"We have gotten back to the status before May 21 when the flight boycott was declared," Jayakantha said.
Dhammika Wijesinghe, a top the travel industry official, said that sightseers are welcome with severe adherence to COVID-19 wellbeing rules.
"They should go through a PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) test 3 weeks before appearance and do another on appearance here. They should stay in isolate for 14 days before they could venture out to travel inland," the authority said.
Executive of Airport and Aviation Services, Major General G A Chandrasiri disclosed to Colombo Gazette that six flights have shown up in Sri Lanka since the resuming of the air terminal at 12 PM.
He said one flight showed up from Qatar, and the leftover flights were worked by public transporter Sri Lankan Airlines.
A sum of 569 travelers showed up in the six flights.
Those nearby and unfamiliar travelers have been coordinated to go through the obligatory 14-day isolate period and two PCR tests.
Travelers who are analyzed and discovered negative would be permitted to associate in Sri Lanka, while others will be alluded for additional clinical treatment.
Sri Lanka, which is wrestling with the third influx of contaminations, has recorded more than 80,000 new diseases since April 15.
The loss of life, which remained at 678 by April 30, expanded by more than 750, recording a more than 100% leap before the finish of May, as per wellbeing authorities.
Source: Indian express
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