LONDON: The British government on Friday announced the main relaxation of international travel rules for people who were vaccinated in and out of England, with remote routes between India and the United Kingdom will benefit.
From October 4, the current traffic light system from red, yellow and green countries based on the level of risk Covid-19 will be removed and replaced with one red list.
Scapping from the Amber list, which is what is currently India, means a reduction in costs for tourists related to compulsory quarantine and PCR tests.
From October 4, travelers also no longer need to take PCR tests before traveling to England from abroad.
“Today’s change means a simpler and easier system” “public health is always in the heart of our international travel policy and with more than 44 million people fully vaccinated in the UK, we can now introduce a proportional updated structure that reflects a new landscape,” he said.
Apart from the latest updates, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are among the eight red list destinations that moved from a list of travel prohibits from next Wednesday.
From the end of October, passengers who are fully vaccinated from non-red lists countries will be able to replace the second day today.
PCR testing requirements with cheaper lateral flow tests.
Anyone who tests positively needs to isolate and take a free PCR confirmation test, which is genome can help identify a new variant.