Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – The increase in Covid-19 cases due to the Omicron variant has an impact on the number of canceled flights on Christmas 2021. There are at least 4,000 flights worldwide that were canceled between 24-26 December 2021.
Launch Al Jazeera, as of Saturday (12/25/2021) there were about 2,314 flights on Christmas Eve that were cancelled. This amount is the accumulation of all cancellations that occur in the world.
The data was obtained by the site FlightAware, which usually records the density of flights and transit passengers on Christmas Eve. The density apparently did not occur at Christmas 2021.
Of these, about a quarter of trip cancellations came from the United States (US). For information, the US is currently facing a spike in Covid-19 cases due to the outbreak of the Omicron variant.
FlightAware also noted there were 1,404 flights on Christmas day canceled globally. Later, about 340 flights previously booked for flights on December 26 were also canceled.
At the same time, the US announced plans to lift travel restrictions from several countries in southern Africa. This plan has been discussed by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken with Naledi Pandor of South Africa by telephone.
“The Secretary of State once again thanked scientists and the South African government for their transparency and expertise. He stressed the importance of the long-term partnership between the United States and South Africa to combat the impact of Covid-19,” State Department spokesman Ned Price said.
From other parts of the world, the increase in Covid-19 cases in the Australian State of South Wales is now reported to have surpassed a record. The daily increase in Covid-19 there reached 6 thousand cases.
Then, in India it was reported that the number of cases of death due to Covid-19 increased by 387 cases. At the same time, China reported an increase in Covid-19 cases in Xian City. The number of Covid-19 cases there increased by 75 as of Friday (12/24/2021) local time. As a result of these conditions, China is now enforcing a policy of lockdown di Xian.
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