Venezuela scales back international flights due to Covid-19
Dec 14, 2020
Caracas [Venezuela], December 14 (ANI/Sputnik): Venezuela has once again restricted international flights due to COVID-19 cases among arrivals, President Nicolas Maduro said.
"Many people with positive cases have arrived through international flights, that is why we restrict international flights and only maintain them with Mexico, Bolivia and Turkey," Maduro said during his speech on Sunday.
In November, Venezuela started gradually resuming international flights, authorizing flights to and from the Dominican Republic and Panama, but suspended them again due to the spread of COVID-19.
The president explained that the flights to Mexico will be open for the entire Caribbean region and Central America, Bolivia for South American countries and Turkey for the rest of the world.
Maduro added that the government considers a radical quarantine of 14 days in January to control the epidemiological situation in the country.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, Venezuela has registered over 107,000 positive COVID-19 cases, including more than 102,000 people who have recovered and 954 patients who have died. (ANI/Sputnik)
