The University Grants Commission issued a notice asking students to be cautious concerning studying in China due to the country’s strict COVID travel policies.
UGC said, “Any student needs to be aware that the government of China has imposed strict travel restrictions due to COVID-19 and suspended all visas since November 2020
The Notice came on the day the External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar presented the issue of the return of Indian students to China with the Chinese External Affairs Minister Wang Yi. Jaishankar told reporters that India expected Beijing would assume a “non-discriminatory approach” to the issue.

According to the Indian Embassy in China, amid the Covid explosion, over 20,000 Indian pupils were enlisted in medical degrees. A bulk of them had returned after China closed all universities and have been unable to return ever since due to strict travel regulations. The students are anxious that their medical degrees may become invalid if online classes resume due to practical inexperience.

The National Medical Council (NMC) of India stated that students could not attend the Foreign Medical Graduates Examination (FMGE), the licensure examination to practise in India if medical courses were taken online. 
Amidst these restrictions that affected many students, the UGC notice came soon after universities in China announced admissions for the new session and offered courses online.
Nevertheless, the University Grants Commission and the All India Council for Technical Education do not acknowledge a degree through online courses without prior authorization
China is experiencing the worst coronavirus outbreak since the pandemic began in 2019. The Omicron variant of Covid-19 drives the ripple in cases. 
While the coronavirus case number in China is comparatively lower than the global infection count, China follows a “zero tolerance” for the illness, implementing rigorous lockdowns, steering mass testing and imposing travel prohibitions. 
Some cities, such as Shanghai, have evaded a complete lockdown. Instead, authorities have levied individual building lockdowns, suspended bus services, and made it mandatory for visitors to produce a negative coronavirus test report.