Indians who are vaccinated with both doses of Covishield will not require to undergo 10-day mandatory quarantine in the UK.
The United Kingdom starting from today has eased its travel restrictions allowing travellers from more nations to enter the country.
Now, Indians travelling to United Kingdom (UK) and vaccinated with two doses of Covishield vaccine will not have to take a covid-19 test or self-isolate after their arrival in UK.
In the wake of India’s decision to impose reciprocal measures on British nationals arriving in the country from UK will have to undergo mandatory quarantine at home or in the destination address for 10 days after their arrival, Britain changed the guidelines for Indians travelling to UK.
Earlier United Kingdom had refused to recognise the Indian-made version of the AstraZeneca vaccine, Covishield.
In England, Scotland and Wales, most legal coronavirus restrictions have now been lifted, but there are still restrictions in place across the UK regarding international travel.
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According to the travel advisory for Indians travelling to UK, Indian travellers will be considered fully vaccinated if they had taken the second dose of the Covishield vaccine at least 14 days before their arrival in UK.
"No quarantine for India travellers to United Kingdom fully vaccinated with Covishield or another UK-approved vaccine from 11 October. Thanks to Indian government for close cooperation over last month," British High Commissioner to India Alex Ellis tweeted on Thursday.
UK now has only seven nations in the red list in the latest revision of travel rules. These countries include Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Meanwhile, apart from India, vaccinated travellers from Brazil, Hong Kong, Pakistan, South Africa and Turkey will be treated the same as returning fully-vaccinated UK residents as long as they have not visited a red-list nation in the last 10 days before arriving in England, the UK advisory said.
