UK accepts Indian vaccine but still requires travelers from India to quarantine

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The UK government has amended its foreign travel guidance to clarify that the Indian-made version of the AstraZeneca vaccine is an approved jab. But its latest guidance does not allow fully vaccinated travelers from India to skip quarantine like other foreign nationals. Host Marco Werman speaks to professor Sanjoy Bhattacharya, of the University of York in the UK, about what many are calling a discriminatory policy.

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