<p>Kenya announced Wednesday a temporary ban of passenger flights from India due to a massive surge in coronavirus infections in the South Asian nation.</p>.<p>Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe said Kenya had "observed the dire events in India... and resolved to suspend all passenger flights in and out of the country for a period of 14 days".</p>.<p>The ban follows similar moves by several countries including Canada, the United Arab Emirates and Britain and takes effect from Saturday evening but does not apply to cargo flights.</p>.<p><strong>Read more: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/canada-to-provide-10-mn-dollars-to-india-to-support-fight-against-covid-19-pm-trudeau-979922.html" target="_blank">Canada to provide 10 mn dollars to India to support fight against Covid-19: PM Trudeau </a></strong></p>.<p>Passengers arriving in the next 72 hours will be subjected to a mandatory quarantine period, the ministry said.</p>.<p>India recorded 360,000 new infections -- a global record -- and more than 3,000 deaths on Wednesday. The death toll has surged past 200,000 as infection rates soar in the vast country of 1.3 billion.</p>.<p>Kenya is still experiencing a third wave of coronavirus infections, though cases and infection rates have tapered off in recent weeks.</p>.<p>April has been the deadliest month for the East African nation since the pandemic began, with 535 fatalities from the disease recorded since the start of this month.</p>.<p>Kenya has recorded around 158,300 cases and more than 2,600 deaths since the beginning of the outbreak.</p>
<p>Kenya announced Wednesday a temporary ban of passenger flights from India due to a massive surge in coronavirus infections in the South Asian nation.</p>.<p>Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe said Kenya had "observed the dire events in India... and resolved to suspend all passenger flights in and out of the country for a period of 14 days".</p>.<p>The ban follows similar moves by several countries including Canada, the United Arab Emirates and Britain and takes effect from Saturday evening but does not apply to cargo flights.</p>.<p><strong>Read more: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/canada-to-provide-10-mn-dollars-to-india-to-support-fight-against-covid-19-pm-trudeau-979922.html" target="_blank">Canada to provide 10 mn dollars to India to support fight against Covid-19: PM Trudeau </a></strong></p>.<p>Passengers arriving in the next 72 hours will be subjected to a mandatory quarantine period, the ministry said.</p>.<p>India recorded 360,000 new infections -- a global record -- and more than 3,000 deaths on Wednesday. The death toll has surged past 200,000 as infection rates soar in the vast country of 1.3 billion.</p>.<p>Kenya is still experiencing a third wave of coronavirus infections, though cases and infection rates have tapered off in recent weeks.</p>.<p>April has been the deadliest month for the East African nation since the pandemic began, with 535 fatalities from the disease recorded since the start of this month.</p>.<p>Kenya has recorded around 158,300 cases and more than 2,600 deaths since the beginning of the outbreak.</p>