Which countries are in Europe according to the Indian Ministry of Health?
India currently has special rules for travellers from at-risk countries. At-risk countries are:
- Countries in Europe including The United Kingdom
- South Africa
- Brazil
- Botswana
- China
- Ghana
- Mauritius
- New Zealand
- Zimbabwe
- Singapore
- Tanzania
- Hong Kong
- Israel
Source: https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/ListofCountriestobereferredtoincontextofGuidelinesforinternationalarrivalsdated28thNovember2021updatedon30112021.pdf (emphasis mine)
But as far as I am aware there is no clear delineation of which countries are European and which Asian for countries near or on the 'border' between these (sub)continents.
Did India specify somewhere which countries are referred to? Specifically are Georgia and Turkey included?
Best Answer
The special consideration given to the United Kingdom indicates to me that "Europe" here means actually "European Union" because geographically it wouldn't need mentioning. Additionally the ministry is primarily interested in political entities, not geography.
As far as the general question goes, the borders of Europe have been pretty unanimously agreed upon for the past 150 years or so. It is a mixture of waterways and mountain ranges, indifferent to the political borders du jour, so that some countries like Turkey and Russia straddle the border to Asia. News to me was that also Kazakhstan's west lies in Europe because the geographical demarkation — the Ural river — is not a national border.
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