Iran bans travelers from four European countries
Governments around the Middle East are instituting restrictions aimed at mitigating the spread of the omicron variant of COVID-19.
Iran’s national airline banned today travelers coming to Iran via four European countries.
IranAir said it will not receive non-Iranian citizen passengers coming from the United Kingdom, France, Norway and Denmark, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.
The ruling refers to travelers coming to Iran via the banned countries — not necessarily citizens of the countries. Iranian citizens are exempt from the decision.
The United Kingdom, France and Denmark are all experiencing relatively high numbers of new COVID-19 cases as the contagious omicron variant spreads around the world. Denmark is averaging 2,200 cases per 1 million people, the United Kingdom is averaging 1,670 cases per million people and France is averaging 1,295 cases per million people, according to Our World in Data.
