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Foreign Office eases India travel advice

Government
James Chapple
16 August 2021

The Foreign Office has eased its Covid-specific travel advice for India, a week after the country was restored to the UK’s amber list.

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India was placed on the red list in April owing to concerns over the spread of the Delta variant of Covid-19, which has since become the dominant variant in the UK.

The government was heavily criticised for the delay in placing India on the red list, the move coming several weeks after neighbours Pakistan and Bangladesh were red-listed.

However, the government confirmed earlier this month India would be restored to the amber list from 8 August, meaning arrivals from India fully vaccinated in the UK, EU or the US no longer have to self-isolate upon arrival.