The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam has announced that the international airport of Vietnam’s capital will suspend inbound flights beginning Tuesday.

As per the country’s aviation body, the temporary suspension of receiving international flights will begin at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport from June 1 at midnight until June 7. The announcement comes following a fresh wave of virus outbreaks.

Vietnam has already limited entries of foreign arrivals due to its COVID-19 restrictions, and every person coming in is subjected to mandatory quarantine.

Meanwhile, the Vietnam health authorities had discovered a highly infectious new hybrid variant, a combination of the Indian and UK variants.