New Delhi: From October 11, Indians who have been fully vaccinated with the Covishield agreed WHO will not be asked to undergo quarantine 10 days mandatory on arrival in the UK, ending the deadlock between the two countries.
The travelers who already have a second dose – covishield or other vaccines approved by England – at least 14 days before landing in the UK will not be asked to take the pre-departure covid test or the 8th day test after their arrival.
The British Government on Thursday released a statement that reduced the number of countries’ red ‘list’ to seven and said the cleaned travelers were only needed to take Covid tests on day 2, which can also be a cheaper “lateral flow” test than RT -PRCR Test.
The decision came for hours after MEA spokesman Arinindam Bagchi described the previous British decision to quarantine Indians who were fully vaccinated as “discriminatory”.
High Commissioner of England to India Alex Ellis Tweeted on Thursday night: “No quarantine for Indian travelers to England was fully vaccinated with a British covishield or vaccine from October 11.
Thanks to the Indian government for close cooperation during the last month.” In video messages, Ellis said, “We are truly open to Indian travelers for months.
We have published thousands of visa to students, business travelers, tourists.
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some noise about this problem for the past few weeks only shows how sharp it is People to travel to England.
“He added,” Let’s open more flights between the two countries.
Let’s make British tourists can come to India, they are desperate to do it.
Let’s make it easier for business travelers who try to get into India with e-visa .
“UK Secretary of state for Transport Grant Shapps tweeted:” I make changes so that tourists who visit the UK have fewer entry requirements by identifying them with the status of a fully vaccinated from 37 countries and new regions, including India, Turkey and Ghana.
” The UK so far did not receive Covishield India certification because travelers were treated as not vaccinated and were asked to undergo a 10-day quarantine with expensive Covid tests on the 2nd day and 8 arrival.
India on October 4 replied by imposing similar conditions from the arrival of England.
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