Covid-19: Covaxin vaccine approved by the UK, Good news for Indians
New Delhi: The United Kingdom (UK) government on Monday approved India’s Covaxin vaccine, cleared the way for the tourists and the Indian students who are planning to travel to the UK for the short term or long term.
Visitors to the U.K. who are not fully vaccinated are required to get Covid tests and quarantine for 10 days.
According to the department for the transport and Department of Health and Social Care – Immunizations from China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd., state-owned Sinopharm, and India’s Bharat Biotech International Ltd. have joined the list that the U.K. uses to grant entry with proof of full vaccination.
The U.K. is following Australia, which last month expanded the number of shots it recognizes, and the U.S., which said it would accept all WHO-approved vaccines when it opened its borders to foreign travelers this month.
According to the data, More than 4,500 Chinese students applied for undergraduate admission to colleges and universities in the U.K. this year, an increase of about one-third since the global Covid-19 pandemic began. China accounts for the majority of foreign students in the U.K., and their families contribute significant revenue to universities there every year, data from U.K.’s Higher Education Statistics Agency shows.
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