Dikhyaa Mohanty 
The Canadian government is expected to extend the suspension of direct flights from India by another month as informed by Canadian officials.
As per the officials, the decision has been intimated in advance to the Indian Government whereas the suspension was originally announced on April 22 and was scheduled to last for 30 days. But later it was extended by another 30 days on May 21 and now another extension will be imposed for 30 days.
The report further added that the step was originally accelerated by the immense pressure upon the government of Justin Trudeau to act on this matter after several cases of the Delta variant of the coronavirus originating in India were reported in Canada. There had also been mounting demands from provincial governments to ban these flights at the earliest because of the risk of transmission of cases into Canada.
The report then added that earlier in the week, that number was at 1,187, thereby denoting a spike of nearly two-thirds in the number of cases. Health authorities in the province of Ontario have also warned that the variant could well dominate the caseload within a month.
Both Air Canada and Air India were operating almost daily flights between the Canadian cities of Toronto and Vancouver and New Delhi in India in an air corridor arrangement that came into place last summer. Passengers from India who arrive via an indirect route, through a third country, will have to provide a pre-departure negative coronavirus test result from the last port before continuing their journey.
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