U.S warns against travel to India, U.K puts India on the red list

The U.S public health agency has warned citizens against travelling to India as the second wave of coronavirus spreading alarmingly in the country.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has also advised the travelers to get all vaccine doses If their heading for India. It has also placed India in the highest Level 4 category which implies “very high level of Covid-19”. It also urged the citizens to travel to India only in cases the trip is unavoidable.

“Because of the current situation in India, even fully vaccinated travelers may be at the risk for getting and spreading Covid-19 variants and should avoid all travel to India,” the CDC has said as part of its “Key Information for Travelers to India”.

The United Kingdom has also put India on the ‘red list’ hours after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson cancelled his visit to India, UK’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock stated on April 19.

From 04:00 BST on Friday April 23, visitors from India and 39 other countries will be banned from entering the country. The red list also rejects entry to those who have visited the nations on the list in the past 10 days.

Hancock said that there have been 103 cases in the UK showcasing the India variant of Coronavirus therefore including India in the ‘red list’ of over 39 countries, with Pakistan, Bangladesh, and the Philippines considering international travel to be the reason for the spread of the virus.

Only British citizens, people with UK residence rights, (and Irish citizens) will be permitted to return. But they must quarantine mandatorily for 10 days from the time of arrival in a government-approved hotel.