UK may scrap hotel quarantine for some

TBM Staff | Mumbai Monday, 4 October 2021, 1:21 PM

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will open up more countries for hotel quarantine-free travel later this week, The Sunday Telegraph reported, saying that the UK’s “red list” of destinations would be slashed to nine from 54. Fully vaccinated arrivals from countries Continue Reading

UK approves Covishield after India’s protest; confusion remains on the status of Indian travellers

TBM Staff | Mumbai Thursday, 23 September 2021, 10:30 AM

The UK has updated its travel guidelines by including Serum Institute’s Covishield, a version of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, in the list of authorised jabs after India warned of reciprocal action if it didn’t revoke its ‘discriminatory policy.’ Yet, this may not immediately result in the relaxation of Covid-related restrictions for travellers from India as the […]Continue Reading

UK reduces Covid-19 tests’ cost for global travellers, including from India

TBM Staff | Mumbai Monday, 16 August 2021, 4:30 PM

The UK on August 14 reduced the cost of COVID-19 tests for international travellers from Amber list countries like India from 88 pounds to 68 pounds (USD 122 to USD 94), after many representations over the high charges of the mandatory testing. Passengers returning from Green list countries or Amber list destinations like India, if […]Continue Reading

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New Zealand rejects UK-style ‘live with Covid’ reopening policy

TBM Staff | Mumbai Friday, 9 July 2021, 11:15 AM

New Zealand has dismissed suggestions it should follow in Britain’s footsteps to “live with” Covid-19, saying the level of death proposed by Boris Johnson would be “unacceptable”, reports The Guardian. If cases in Britain explode as a result of the lifted regulations, New Zealand may also consider putting the country on a no-fly list. On […]Continue Reading

Germany to lift ban on travellers from UK & India

TBM Staff | Mumbai Tuesday, 6 July 2021, 2:30 PM

Germany’s health agency said on Monday it would lift a ban on most travellers from the UK, India and three other countries hit by the Delta variant of Covid-19. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) said India, Nepal, Russia, Portugal and the UK, currently listed as so-called virus variant countries, would be reclassified from Wednesday as […]Continue Reading

UK’s Heathrow Airport opens terminal for ‘red list’ countries like India

Asmita Mukherjee Wednesday, 2 June 2021, 12:00 PM 0

Travellers on direct flights from such destinations will now go through Terminal 3 and then move directly to a government-approved quarantine facility booked at the passengers’ own expense, reports PTI. London’s busy Heathrow Airport opened a dedicated new terminal on Tuesday for arrivals from countries designated as “red list”, such as India, for a higher […]Continue Reading