Travel to Nepal from UK restricted

Kathmandu: The government of Nepal has decided to restrict the entry of passengers into the country from the United Kingdom. Issuing a travel restriction notice, the regulatory body Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has imposed ban on travel from the UK following the identification of a new variant of the coronavirus and its subsequent outbreak.

The CAAN has issued this circular to all the international airline companies operating international flight services in Nepal. With this restriction in place, no airlines from the UK would make direct flights or onboard Nepal-bound passengers via transit in any airport in the UK. Of late several countries have imposed travel restrictions following the abrupt rise in the transmission of coronavirus in the UK. The European countries, middle-east and some Asian countries have announced travel restrictions from the UK with the rapid rise in the outbreak of coronavirus.