The United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister Boris Johnson has cancelled his official visit to India following the surge in COVID-19 cases across the country.
Boris Johnson’s visit to India after an explosion of coronavirus cases there. Later, the Britain government India added to the “red list” of countries, banning all arrivals from India except for the UK or Irish nationals.
According to the details, from Friday, people who have travelled from India in the last 10 days will be denied entrance.
British or Irish passport holders as well as people with UK residence rights will be allowed to enter but must quarantine for 10 days in a hotel approved by the government.
The UK and Indian governments called off Johnson’s visit, which was set for next week after already being delayed in January.
It would have been the premier’s first major foreign visit since he took charge in 2019.
His previous trip to India had been cancelled in view of the Coronavirus in England and the national lockdown situation across the country.
The spokesman for the British Prime Minister had said that relations and cooperation between the two countries would continue in the same manner, even during the Coronavirus pandemic.
