RwandAir has announced that it has suspended flights to and from Entebbe International Airport in Uganda with immediate effect.
According to June 10 announcement by Rwanda Air, the suspension follows a surge in Covid-19 cases in Uganda.
Affected customers have been asked to rebook and fly at a later date, once flights resume or request a refund.
“Due to a surge in Covid-19 cases in Uganda, RwandAir announces the suspension of its flights to Entebbe effective 10 June 2021, until further notice,” Rwanda’s national carrier said.
According to Thursday results from ministry of health, a total of 1,438 cases of covid19were confirmed from tests carried out on June 8th 2021.
Uganda now has a total of 56,949 cases of covid19 with 402 related deaths.
The country has registered over 47,000 recoveries while currently, a total of 784 people are on admission.
The ministry say they have vaccinated a total number of 757,664 people against covid19.
Rwanda becomes a second state to ban flights to and from Uganda after The United Arab Emirates whose ban takes effect today.
The UAE ban applies to transit passengers, in addition to passengers who have travelled through Uganda, Zambia and DRC in the last 14 days prior to their arrival in the United Arab Emirates.
On Sunday, President Museveni declared a 42 days lockdown on some of the activities in Uganda such as closure of schools and institutions, places of worship, cross border movements for persons and public transport and also banned travels to and from the country on category A countries.The ban on Air travels according to the President exempt Air cargoes.
