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All British citizens arriving in India from October 4 will face a mandatory 10-day quarantine irrespective of vaccination status, in a reciprocal measure over UK’s hugely controversial similar rules for residents of several countries including India.
The new regulations will come into effect from October 4, and will be applicable to all UK nationals arriving from the UK.
From October 4, all UK nationals arriving in India from the UK, irrespective of their vaccination status, will have to undertake a pre-departure Covid-19 RT-PCR test within 72 hours before travel, an RT-PCR test on arrival at airport, an RT-PCR test on Day 8 after arrival.
UK nationals arriving in India from the UK will also have to undergo mandatory quarantine at home or in the destination address for 10 days after the arrival.
India has called the UK governments move to treat fully vaccinated Indians as unvaccinated a “discriminatory policy” and had indicated that it has the right to take reciprocal action.
The UK introduced a new system for international travel, removing the home isolation requirement for vaccinated individuals from certain countries.
The benefit has been extended to an extra 17 countries, including those in Asia and the Caribbean. India, however, has not been included in the list, and passengers from here (even those with two doses of Covishield) would have to self-isolate for 10 days upon arrival in the UK.
