Pakistan writes to UK on moving India from red to amber COVID-19 travel list

In the letter to UK's Health Secretary Sajid Javid, Pakistan's Special Assistant on Health Faisal Sultan juxtaposed the country's pandemic statistics with those of other countries in the region.

Islamabad: Pakistan's top health official has written to the UK's health secretary highlighting the "discrepancies" in the British government's policy to retain Pakistan on the COVID-19 travel red list while moving India to the amber list. Pakistan was placed on the red list in early April and India on April 19 but unlike Islamabad, New Delhi was moved to the amber list on August 5 along with some other countries, prompting an uproar against the government's decision. "The UAE, Qatar, India and Bahrain will be moved from the red list to the amber list. All changes come into effect Sunday, August 8, at 4 am," UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps tweeted.