Eye for an eye: India introduces new travel regulations for UK nationals

In a tit-for-tat measure, India has decided to impose mandatory tests and quarantine on UK nationals arriving in the country regardless of vaccination status.

The move comes days after the UK released travel rules that do not recognize Make In India vaccine, Covaxin and require fully jabbed Indians to undergo 10 days of quarantine.

The UK stated only people who have got both shots of a double-dose vaccine such as Oxford-AstraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna or the single shot Janssen vaccine “under an approved vaccination program in the UK, Europe, US or UK vaccine programme overseas” will be considered fully vaccinated.

Many Indians opposed the move calling it discriminatory and offensive.

The new retaliatory Indian regulations will come into effect from October 4 and will be applicable to all UK nationals arriving from the UK.