December 05: As soon as the British government approved the Covid-19 vaccine, Indian travel agents are receiving plenty of requests from Indians wanting to travel to the UK to get the vaccine. A travel agent is planning to launch a 3-night package for Indians to want to get the benefit of the vaccination drive in the UK. This is likely to begin as early from next week.
On Wednesday, the UK became the first country to have approved Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against the highly contagious covid-19. The confirmation was made after their independent regulator Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency underwent a detailed analysis of the vaccine.
The Mumbai-based travel agent told PTI that several queries that occurred on Wednesday asking how, when and if they can travel to the UK to get the vaccine. The agent further added, “I have told them it is too early to say (whether Indians can get the vaccine in the UK). Anyway, the first in line to get the vaccine would be the elderly and health workers in the UK who are most vulnerable to the coronavirus.”
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Nishant Pitti who is the co-founder and CEO at EaseMyTrip.com said that the company was awaiting clarity from the UK government on the requirements of the travellers on their arrival. The first and the most important clarification is that are the Indian passport holders are eligible for vaccination there or not. After all the confirmations, Pitti said that his will plan to launch a 3-night package to the UK for vaccination purpose only.
