<span style="color: #222222;">As part of Vande Bharat Mission, Indian nationals from London reached Kerala today morning.<br />'' <br />'' Eight more flights are scheduled to arrive in Kerala today from United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Philippines and Russia.<br />'' <br />'' AIR correspondent reports, Flights from Manila and Dubai will be arriving in Kochi today in a few hours.<br />'' <br />'' Flight from Kuwait  carrying 166 passengers and flight from Russia carrying 106 passengers is scheduled to arrive in Thiruvananthapuram in a short while.<br />'' <br />'' Two flights each from Riyadh and Muscat will be arriving in Kannur soon and flights from from Salala and Muscat will also be reaching Kozhikode today night.<br />'' <br />'' A total of over 1,000 expatriates will be arriving in Kerala today.<br />'' <br />'' Meanwhile, 24 more COVID positive cases were confirmed in Kerala today taking the total number of active cases in the state to 161.<br />'' <br />'' Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that the situation is getting serious and more restrictions will be made in containment zones.<br />'' <br />'' He said that the safety of the returnees and the people at large will remain the  priority.<br />'' <br />''<br />''Chief Minister further informed that as the Centre granted the permission to conduct State Board Exams, the remaning exams of Class 10th and 12th will commence from May 26th itself,  as decided earlier, with adequate precautionary measures.</span>