Many people from India want to go to the UK to get vaccinated against coronavirus. That's what travel agents say. This information was given in the report of NDTV online on Thursday quoting the news agency PTI.
Travel agents say Indians who are keen to travel to the UK as soon as possible to get the corona vaccine have started inquiring about it.
The United Kingdom government on Wednesday approved the use of the coronavirus vaccine, a joint venture between Pfizer and Bioentech. The United Kingdom is the first country in the world to approve the use of this vaccine. Soon after the announcement, Indians became interested in going to the UK for vaccinations.
The country's health minister, Matt Hancock, said his country would begin vaccinating against corona in a few days. Following his announcement, the people concerned are hoping that the vaccination will start in the UK next week.
The United Kingdom has ordered the purchase of 40 million doses of vaccine to be the first to get the Pfizer-Bioentech vaccine to be safe and effective.
The US drugmaker Pfizer and the German company Bioentech claim that their corona vaccine is 95 percent effective.
A travel agent is planning to announce a three-night package for Indians interested in taking advantage of the vaccine in the UK.
A Mumbai-based travel agent told PTI that some people in India had asked him yesterday whether he could go to the UK to get the corona vaccine and when.
The travel agent told interested people that it was difficult to say for sure whether Indians would be able to go to the UK and get vaccinated. However, in the UK, the first to be vaccinated are the elderly and health workers at high risk.
Nishantha Pitty, co-founder of travel agent EasyMyTrip.com, said his company was waiting for clear guidance from the Indian government on various issues, including whether Indian passport holders would be eligible for vaccinations in the UK.
According to a recent UK government rule, from December 15, every international traveler visiting the country will have to stay in self-isolation for five days. Then on the sixth day you have to do RT-PCR test.