UK Govt to retain Pakistan on red travel list despite fewer cases than India
The UK govt has put Pakistan on its “red list” for international travel due to the worsening COVID-19 situation. Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Turkey, and Oman also remain on the revised Red List, which comes into effect on August 8.
On the other hand, India has been placed on the “yellow list” despite the deterioration of its COVID-19 situation and it is also the source of the rampant delta variant of the coronavirus. Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates have also moved to the orange list.
The UK maintains a “traffic light system” for international travel, as countries are assigned green, yellow, and red colors for international travel based on their respective COVID-19 situations.
Low-risk countries are on the green list, and arriving travelers like to travel without quarantine.
Countries at medium risk are put on the yellow list as travelers arriving from there must be quarantined at home for 10 days.
High-risk countries are redlisted and arriving travelers must be quarantined in a hotel. The hotels are run by the UK government where travelers can pay anywhere from £450 to £800 to £2,200.
In April of this year, the British government put Pakistan on the red list after the country reported a sharp increase in coronavirus cases.
On April 19, India followed Pakistan to the Red List due to a much worse COVID-19 situation after the appearance of the Delta variant.
As of August 1, Pakistan had reported an average of 4,700 cases per day, while India had an average of more than 39,000 cases per day.
However, India is on the yellow list, while Pakistan is kept on the red list by the UK govt.
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