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UK finally removes Pakistan from COVID 19 red list
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UK finally removes Pakistan from COVID 19 red list

With this decision Pakistan got of the red list after around 5 months. This decision eased travel for a lot of Pakistani's situated in the UK On Friday September 17th, British Transport secretary 'Grant Shapps' came out on Twitter and said that the UK has decided to lift off Pakistan from the Red list. Shapps In his tweet stated that 8 countries including Turkey, Maldives and Pakistan will be off the list on 22nd September. This news was surely a relief for all Pakistani's trying to visit the UK, since non UK residents from Pakistan can now visit UK. While on the red list non UK resident Pakistani's were not able to visit UK since the last 5 months. Apart from this, Shapps also tweeted other important updates regarding UK COVID 19 travel protection. In his tweet Shapps said tha...
Dr. Faisal wrote a letter of concern towards UK keeping Pakistan on COVID-19 Red List
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Dr. Faisal wrote a letter of concern towards UK keeping Pakistan on COVID-19 Red List

In his letter to the UK government, PM Special Assistant on health, Dr. Faisal compared Pakistan's COVID-19 situation with that of other countries. Dr. Faisal used the difference in the pandemic situation to point out 'Obvious Discrepancies' in UK's decision to put Pakistan on COVID-19 Red List. ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - The Special Assistant to Prime Minister on health, Dr. Faisal Sultan recently wrote a letter to the UK government. In his letter, Dr. Faisal compared the COVID-19 situation in Pakistan to the other countries in the region. He did this to highlight the discrimination that Pakistan has faced by being added into UK's COVID-19 Red List. https://twitter.com/ShireenMazari1/status/1425172290959024133?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1425172290959024133%...