'No quarantine in UK for Indians fully vaccinated with Covishield from Oct 11'

Putting an end to the vaccine certification row the UK on Thursday announced that Indians fully vaccinated with Covishield vaccine will no longer require to undergo quarantine on their arrival in Britain from October 11The announcement was made by British High Commissioner to India Alex EllisNo quarantine for Indian travellers to UK fully vaccinated with Covishield or another UKapproved vaccine from 11 October Thanks to Indian government for close cooperation over last month pictwittercomcbI8Gqp0Qtmdash Alex Ellis AlexWEllis October 7 2021No quarantine for India travellers to the UK fully vaccinated with Covishield or another UKapproved vaccine from 11 October Thanks to the Indian government for close cooperation over last month he saidIn its latest travel guidelines the UK said the red list will reduce to seven countries and proof of vaccination will be recognised from 37 new countries and territoriesIt said the British government extended the inbound vaccinated arrivals system to a further 37 countries and territories across the globe including India South Africa and Turkey which meant eligible vaccinated passengers arriving from the rest of the world countries only need to take a day two test in EnglandAlso read Italy recognises Covishield Indian vaccine cardholders eligible for Green PassThe announcement came hours after India said it is hopeful of finding a solution to the vaccine certification rowUnder the new British rules that came into effect on October 4 fully vaccinated Indians require to undergo 10day quarantine as the UK have issues with Indias Covid19 vaccine certificationThe UK initially refused to recognise Covishield manufactured by the Serum Institute of India SII However following Indias strong criticism of the decision the UK on September 22 amended its new guidelines and included the vaccineThe move did not provide any relief from quarantine rules for Indian travellers vaccinated with two doses of CovishieldIn a retaliatory move India imposed reciprocal action under which all British nationals arriving in India from the UK needed to undergo a mandatory 10day quarantine even if they are fully vaccinatedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever