UK adds India to COVID-19 travel red list amid new variant cases
Earlier, when asked if India would be added to the travel red list, Johnson said that was very much a matter for the independent UK Health Security Agency they will have to take that decision
PTI | April 20, 2021 | Updated 08:12 IST
Britain on Monday added India to its COVID-19 travel red list , which effectively bans all travel from the country and makes a 10-day hotel quarantine compulsory for UK residents arriving back to the country.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock confirmed the move in the House of Commons as he revealed that 103 cases of the so-called Indian variant had been identified in the UK, of which the vast majority have links to international travel . He said that samples of that variant have been analysed to see if the new variant has any concerning characteristics , such as greater transmissibility or resistance to treatments and vaccines.
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