India Slams UK, Indians Received Covishield Treated As Unvaccinated – Free PDF Download

What has happened?

• The latest changes in the UK government’s Covid-19-related travel restrictions have upset the Indian side as, Travellers who have got both doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine will be considered “unvaccinated” and will have to undergo 10 days of quarantine.

What is the new rule?

• The new rules, which were unveiled on Friday and will become effective from October 4,
• Were described by the UK as an attempt to change the current “red, amber, green traffic light system” to a single red list of countries and “simplified travel measures” for arrivals from around the world.
• Under these rules, 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.
• The rules also consider who have received jabs under public health bodies in,
• Australia, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bahrain, Brunei,Canada, Dominica, Israel, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, New Zealand, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea or Taiwan as fully vaccinated.

What this means?

• Effectively, this means even Indians who have received both doses of Covishield, the local version of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, will be considered unvaccinated.
• All the unvaccinated status people will have to take a pre-departure Covid-19 test in the 3 days before travelling to England; book and pay for day-2 and day-8 tests to be taken in England; and quarantine at home for 10 days.
• The Indian side is especially upset as the issue of vaccination-related travel restrictions has been repeatedly taken up with the UK at the highest levels,
• Including by foreign secretary Harsh Shringla and external affairs minister S Jaishankar.
• During his visit to the UK in July, foreign secretary Shringla called for early removal of travel restrictions for Indians and the mutual recognition of vaccination certificates during his discussions with British interlocutors.
• He pointed out that France had cleared travellers from India without quarantine if they were fully vaccinated and had a negative test.
• “The ministry of external affairs has been working on solving the issue,” a senior central government functionary said on condition of anonymity.

What about European union?

• The European Union (EU) has left it to individual member states to decide on acceptance of Indian vaccination certificates and more than a dozen members have recognised Covishield.
• The change in UK rules will mostly affect students, who are now returning in large numbers to British universities or travelling to Britain to start new courses.
• The change will mean they will have to pay extra for more tests and to quarantine.

Shashi Tharoor pulls out of event

• Thiruvananthapuram MP Tharoor, meanwhile, has pulled out of a debate at The Cambridge Union debating society and from events to mark the launch of the UK edition of his book, The Battle Of Belonging.

• Besides India, several other countries are upset by the change in the UK’s travel restrictions,
• Including countries in Africa, South America and West Asia that have been using the Oxford-AstraZeneca, Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines that are also used in Britain.

conclusion

• The Indian side has also been insisting on mutual recognition of vaccination certificates in negotiations with other countries.
• The people said New Delhi will be in a better position to press this issue once travel to India also starts opening up.

Q) From which of the following animal was the material isolated which was used for the vaccination for the first time?

1. Cow
2. Cat
3. Pig
4. Goat

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