New Delhi: People who are vaccinated with WHO-approved Covishield in India will start next Monday (October 11) is not needed to undergo quarantine 10 days mandatory on arrival in the UK.
England finally stirred, ending a long and bitter deadlock between the two countries that saw India reply by imposing the same steps simultaneously from this Monday (October 4).
From October 11, Indian travelers who have received a dose of Covishield or other British vaccines approved at least 14 days before arrival in the UK can travel without having to quarantine.
They will not be required to take pre-departure tests, or eight tests after their arrival.
Now, say people who are known, travelers who have received Covishield in India will come from next Monday, including Covid tests on day 2 which can also be a cheaper “Lateral Flow” test and not RT-PCT.
High Commissioner of England to India Alex Ellis Tweeting Thursday night: “There is no quarantine for Indian travelers to England fully vaccinated with a covishield or vaccine approved by England from October 11.
Thanks to the Indian government for close cooperation during last month.” England’s decision came for hours after MEA spokesman Arindam Bagchi described the previous British decision to quarantine India fully vaccinated with “discriminatory”.
He clarified to reporters Indian reciprocity for British citizens who came to India have kicked from 4.
October now with England finally seeing the reason India, which has entered the date of birth of people who are vaccinated in the DD-MM-YY vaccination certificate, It’s likely to reverse the decision recently to quarantine the arrival of England.
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it will be easier and cheaper to enter England …
we are actually open for Indian travelers for months.
We have published thousands of visa to students, business travelers, tourists.
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some noise about this problem during this problem The last few weeks only show how sharp people are to travel to England.
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so let’s continue further.
Let’s open more flights between the two countries.
Let’s make British tourists come to India, they are desperate to do it.
Facilitate business travelers who try to enter India with e-visa.
This is the next step on the road set by PM Modi and PM Johnson when they agree to a comprehensive strategic partnership between our two countries in May, “Ellis said in a video message.
Visa applications from Indian travelers for all categories continue to be processed and one does not need to be vaccinated to travel to England.
Tourists from India which are not fully vaccinated with an English-recognized vaccine must carry out pre-departure tests; Covid-19 test on or before day 2; And other tests on or after the 8th day, and isolate themselves for 10 days.
Such tourists can also choose to shorten their home quarantine to around 5 days under the test to release services.
Secretary of the UK State for Transport Grant Shapps Tweeted Thursday night: “I made a change so tourists who visited England had fewer entry requirements, by recognizing them with a fully vaccinated status of 37 new countries and regions including India, Turkey and Ghana, treating them the same With the UK which is fully vaccinated with passengers …
“England has been from October 4 switches to a new system where it has a list of red countries (with high covid incidents) and a non-red list.
Fully vaccinated with Jab approved from many countries non-red lists now comply with quarantine and repetitive covid tests that are expensive on arrival in the UK.
While India is a non-red list of lists, the UK has so far not received Covishield Indian vaccine certification because travelers from India (if they have a covishield here) are treated as not vaccinated and requested to undergo a 10-day quarantine with covid expensive tests on day 2 and 8 arrival.
India comes from Monday it is rewarded by imposing similar conditions from the arrival of the UK.