Britain finally ended a long and bitter standoff between the two countries that saw India retaliate by simultaneously implementing similar measures from this Monday (October 4).
Now, people in the know say that travelers who have got Covidshield in India will need one, among other things, from next Monday. covid Test O Day 2 which may also be a less expensive “lateral flow” test and not an RT-PCT. The finer details of the latest announcement are awaited.
“I am also making changes so that travelers going to England have lower entry requirements to recognize people with fully immunized status from 37 new countries and territories, including India, Turkey and Ghana, along with those from the UK as a whole. Treat vaccinated travelers the same way. The measures announced today mark the next step as we continue to open up travel and provide stability for travelers and the industry, while on track to keep travel open for good Live,” tweeted UK Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps.
I’m also making changes so that travelers going to England have lower entry requirements, by fully identifying them… https://t.co/bGZaDsU8yz
— Honorable Grant Shapps MP (@grantshapps) 1633623797000
Travel industry sources say India, which included the date of birth of the vaccinated person in dd-mm-yy format in its vaccination certificates, is likely to reciprocate.
Shapps also tweeted that he is removing 47 destinations from Britain’s Red List from Monday (11 October). “I will deduct 47 destinations from my red list – including South Africa, with only 7 countries and territories remaining – all others will be included in the ‘rest of the world’ category,” he said.
The UK has switched to a new system from 4 October, where it has a red list of countries (with a high incidence of Covid) and a non-red list.
Fully immunized with WHO-approved jabs from several non-red list countries now spared from quarantine and costly recurring COVID tests upon arrival in the UK.
While India is a non-red list country, the UK had not yet acknowledged India’s coveshield Vaccination The certification that led to the passengers from India (if they had found their Covidshield here) were deemed unconnected and had to undergo a 10-day quarantine with costly COVID tests on the second and eighth day of arrival. India had retaliated by imposing similar conditions on those coming from Britain from this Monday.
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