UK Defends Delay In Adding India To Red List Travel Ban As Covid's B1.617.2 Variant Spreads Rapidly
Millennium Post Delhi|May 17, 2021
LONDON: The UK government came under strong criticism on Sunday for not adding India to the red list travel ban at the same time as Pakistan and Bangladesh in early April, which is feared as a major factor behind a rapid spike in cases of COVID-19's B1.617.2 variant first identified in India.
UK Defends Delay In Adding India To Red List Travel Ban As Covid's B1.617.2 Variant Spreads Rapidly

Downing Street said it had taken a precautionary action to ban travel from India on April 23, six days before the B1.617 variant was put under investigation and two weeks before its highly transmissible subtype, B1.617.2, was labelled a Variant of Concern (VOC).

According to latest Public Health England (PHE) data, around 20,000 people travelled between India and the UK before the red list ban and around 122 of them arriving from Delhi and Mumbai between late March and April 26 were detected with the VOC.

Prior to India being placed on the red list in April, anyone coming to the UK had to test negative and quarantine for 10 days, a UK government spokesperson said.

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