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India warns of 'reciprocal measures' if UK doesn't recognise Covishield

India on its part does not insist on vaccination and has done away with institutional quarantine for foreigners entering the country

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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar took up the matter with his UK counterpart Liz Truss (left) in a meeting in New York | Photo: Twitter

Aneesh PhadnisSohini Das Mumbai
India has called the UK government’s move to treat fully vaccinated Indians as unvaccinated a “discriminatory policy” and indicated that it has the right to take reciprocal action.

“Covishield is a licensed product of a UK company manufactured in India. We have supplied 5 million doses of Covishield to the UK on its request. Therefore, non-recognition of Covishield is a discriminatory policy and impacts those citizens travelling to the UK,” Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Tuesday.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, too, took up the matter with his UK counterpart, Liz Truss, in a meeting in New York and urged

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