India is reeling under the second wave of Covid-19, with spiralling numbers that may soon push the country to the most affected in the world due to the virus. Several other countries are currently temporarily banning flights from India to control infections in their countries. Many countries, including the UK, Hong Kong, Canada, Singapore and Iran have announced a ban on flights from India. Other than direct bans countries like the US has issued a travel advisory to all passengers flying in and out of India, asking “people to avoid travelling to India in the current situation where even fully vaccinated individuals are at risk of catching the virus.” The latest on this list is the Maldives.
The Ministry of Tourism, put out a tweet late on Sunday announcing the suspension of flights from India.
“With effect from 27 April @HPA_mv suspends tourists travelling from #India to #Maldives from staying at tourist facilities in inhabited islands. We thank you for the support in our endeavour to make tourism safest possible with minimum inconvenience.”
Social media platforms are replete with celebrity photos from their current fave vacation destination, the Maldives. It seems almost every Bollywood person is off to the Island country for a quick holiday. A look at some of their insta accunts one will not be surprised over the series of pictures from their vacation doing the round on social media.
Following the announcement, netizen were quick to make joke on Bollywood celebrities.
A number of celebs also took a dig at these stars holidaying in Maldives. Maldives has been one of the most popular destinations among celebs, and many actresses, like Janhvi Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor and Disha Patani had been posting their photos from the beach destination. Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt too flew to the Maldives recently, but haven’t shared any pictures yet.
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