"Jab Eligibility List Under Constant Review": UK Sources After India Tit-For-Tat

British government is yet to officially respond to India's reported plans to impose quarantine curbs on vaccinated British travellers from Monday

The countries that are included on the UK's COVID-19 vaccine eligibility list for international travel are kept under "constant review", British government sources said here today, in the backdrop of India taking reciprocal action against the UK's new international travel norms that do not recognise Indian vaccine certification.

The British government is yet to officially respond to India's reported plans to impose quarantine restrictions on vaccinated British travellers from Monday, in a retaliatory move against India not being recognised on a list of 18 vaccine-eligible countries.

The move follows weeks of talks between officials from the British High Commission and the Ministry of Health in New Delhi to agree on a vaccine certification system, following India-made Covishield being added to the UK's list of approved vaccine formulations.

"The list of countries is kept under constant review and we do hope to add more countries, but there is no timeframe for that," an official source said.