new delhi the general authority of civil aviation gaca of the kingdom of saudi arabia has suspended all flights to and from india in wake of the increasing number of covid19 cases herebesides india air travel to and from brazil and argentina has also been suspended by saudi arabiain an official statement gaca said saudi arabia has suspended travel to and from india brazil and argentina including any person who has been there 14 days prior to their proposed arrival in saudihowever passengers who have official government invitations have been excluded from this suspensionsaudi arabia and the uae host a significant indian migrant populationmore on covid19coronavirus pandemic complete coverageits time to mask up and stay safe join tois maskindia campaignmhas guidelines for home isolationtrust the newspaper for your daily verified newsfive days back air india express had said the dubai civil aviation authority dcaa suspended its flights for 24 hours for bringing two passengers with covidpositive certificates on august 28 and september 4according to rules of the uae government every passenger travelling from india is required to bring an original covidnegative certificate of an rtpcr test done within 96 hours prior to the journeyhong kong also banned air india flights from sunday till october 3 after a few passengers on its flight on friday tested positive for covid19 post arrival a senior government official said on sundaythe number of covid19 cases in india reached 5646010 and the death toll climbed to 90020 with 1085 people succumbing to the disease in the past 24 hours the health ministrys data updated at 8 am on wednesday showedwith pti inputswatch saudi arabia suspends travel to and from india