RAMESH, THAROOR SLAM UK TRAVEL RULES

Former Union ministers Jairam Ramesh and Shashi Tharoor on Monday slammed the UK’S Covid-19-related travel rules under which Indians vaccinated with Covishield would still be treated as unvaccinated.

Ramesh said the rules smack of racism, while Tharoor said that because of the restrictions he had even pulled out of a debate at The Cambridge Union debating society and from the launch events for the UK edition of his book, The Battle of Belonging.

Passengers, who aren’t recognised as being fully vaccinated with authorised vaccines under England’s international travel rules, including Indians, will have to take a pre-departure test, PCR tests on days 2 and 8 of arrival, and self-isolate for 10 days upon entry.