UK Minister’s Assurance To Foreign Secretary On Quarantine For Indians
New York: On the sidelines of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) here, UK Minister of State Foreign Commonwealth and Development Affairs Tariq Ahmad conveyed to Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla that British officials were working to resolve quarantine issue for Indian travellers entering the united kingdom .
Mr Shringla had a discussion with Tariq Ahmad on various issues, including things in Afghanistan.
FS @harshvshringla met Minister @tariqahmadbt of the UK Foreign Office at New York in the margins of UNGA for a discussion on issues including situation in Afghanistan. Lord Ahmad conveyed that UK authorities were working to resolve quarantine issue for Indians entering the UK. pic.twitter.com/stJ5GUV6xg
— Arindam Bagchi (@MEAIndia) September 25, 2021
There were concerns over the UK’s vaccine recognition process for Indian travellers.
Recently, the united kingdom issued a revised travel advisory and said that Covishield is qualified as an approved vaccine.
It approved individuals with a full course of the Oxford/AstraZeneca, Pfizer BioNTech, Moderna or Janssen vaccines from a relevant public health body in Australia, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bahrain, Brunei, Canada, Dominica, Israel, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, New Zealand, Qatar, Saudi Arabia , Singapore, South Korea or Taiwan. But the list doesn’t include India.
Amid concerns in India about the UK’s new travel rules, British diplomat Alex Ellis on Thursday held discussions with National Health Authority CEO RS Sharma.
Mr Ellis said the “excellent discussions” were a crucial breakthrough in “our joint aim to facilitate travel and fully protect the general public health of UK and India”.
