Vaccination is a priority right now for most nations. And, while India is currently facing a vaccine shortage, Russia is offering overseas ‘vaccine tourism’. Yes, you read that right.
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A Dubai-based travel agency is offering a 24-day package tour from Delhi to Moscow and travelers who are interested to take this up, will be taken on a sightseeing tour in Russia and will be offered two shots of the Sputnik V vaccines, along with the certificate of vaccination.
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The entire package is worth ₹1.29 lakh including, the cost of getting vaccinated. In an interview with India Today, the travel agency said:
The batch that is supposed to leave for May 29 is fully booked with about 28 passengers. The next batch will leave on June 7 and June 15.
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However, the visa fee of ₹10,000 is not included in the package so each individual will have to pay a total of 1.39 lakhs and each slot will include 30 passengers. As per reports, Indian passport holders can travel to Russia right now without any restrictions.
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Here’s what social media users think about this initiative:
This is quite an innovative idea
— Rohit Srivastava ( aka CHIEF) (@roshovani) May 20, 2021
Russia trip for Rs 1.29 lakh with 2 Sputnik V jabs, vaccine tourism kicks off – Lifestyle News https://t.co/wfdy6iyWLd
This is the difference between smart thinking and not thinking. They are doing business and India is loosing business and life of people. Poor ability of govt admin
— sudhakar (@nmsudhakar) May 20, 2021
Good idea. If you can afford it.
— Kalpana Vaidya (@KalpanaVaidya4) May 19, 2021
vaccination is the new bribe.
— 𝓓𝓮𝓫𝓪𝓫𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓪 𝓜𝓸𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓽𝔂 (@debabrata2008) May 19, 2021
चलो रशिया .. https://t.co/4a7kP3snEZ
— Vijay Malik – AndolanJivi (@VijaySmalik) May 19, 2021
Currently, Russia is allowing entry of Indian travelers with a negative PCR report without quarantine on arrival.
What are your thoughts on this?