NEW DELHI: From October 11, Indians who have been fully vaccinated with WHO-approved coveshield Won’t be required to go through the mandatory 10-day quarantine upon arrival UK, ending the standoff between the two countries.
Passengers who have taken their second dose – Covishield or any other UK-approved vaccine – will not be required to take Covid prior to departure for at least 14 days before landing in the UK testing Or the examination of the 8th day after their arrival.
The UK government issued a statement on Thursday reducing the number of ‘Red List’ countries to seven, saying that cleared passengers only need to have a COVID test on the second day, which is a less expensive “lateral” rather than RT. A flow test may also be done. -PCR test.
decision came after hours foreign Ministry Spokesman Arindam Bagchi The UK’s earlier decision to quarantine fully vaccinated Indians was “discriminatory”.
British High Commissioner to India Alex Ellis tweeted on Thursday night: “There is absolutely no quarantine for Indian travelers going to the UK from 11 October with Kovidshield or any other UK approved vaccine. Government of India for close cooperation over the past month thanks to.”
In a video message, Ellis said, “We have actually been open to Indian travelers for months. We are issuing thousands of visas to students, business travelers, tourists. … some noise about this issue over the past few weeks shows how eager people are to travel to the UK. He said, “Let’s open more flights between the two countries. Let’s enable the British tourists to come to India they are desperate to do. Let us facilitate the business travelers who are trying to come to India with e-Visa.”
Britain’s Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps tweeted: “I am making changes so that passengers traveling to England have lower entry requirements by recognizing people with full immunization status from 37 new countries and territories including India, Turkey and Ghana ”
The UK had not yet accepted India’s Covishield certification, due to which travelers were treated without vaccination and had to undergo a 10-day quarantine with expensive COVID tests on Days 2 and 8 on arrival. India retaliated on 4 October by imposing similar conditions on those coming from Britain.
Passengers who have taken their second dose – Covishield or any other UK-approved vaccine – will not be required to take Covid prior to departure for at least 14 days before landing in the UK testing Or the examination of the 8th day after their arrival.
The UK government issued a statement on Thursday reducing the number of ‘Red List’ countries to seven, saying that cleared passengers only need to have a COVID test on the second day, which is a less expensive “lateral” rather than RT. A flow test may also be done. -PCR test.
decision came after hours foreign Ministry Spokesman Arindam Bagchi The UK’s earlier decision to quarantine fully vaccinated Indians was “discriminatory”.
British High Commissioner to India Alex Ellis tweeted on Thursday night: “There is absolutely no quarantine for Indian travelers going to the UK from 11 October with Kovidshield or any other UK approved vaccine. Government of India for close cooperation over the past month thanks to.”
In a video message, Ellis said, “We have actually been open to Indian travelers for months. We are issuing thousands of visas to students, business travelers, tourists. … some noise about this issue over the past few weeks shows how eager people are to travel to the UK. He said, “Let’s open more flights between the two countries. Let’s enable the British tourists to come to India they are desperate to do. Let us facilitate the business travelers who are trying to come to India with e-Visa.”
Britain’s Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps tweeted: “I am making changes so that passengers traveling to England have lower entry requirements by recognizing people with full immunization status from 37 new countries and territories including India, Turkey and Ghana ”
The UK had not yet accepted India’s Covishield certification, due to which travelers were treated without vaccination and had to undergo a 10-day quarantine with expensive COVID tests on Days 2 and 8 on arrival. India retaliated on 4 October by imposing similar conditions on those coming from Britain.
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