People arriving in Scotland or maybe England from abroad won’t have to take Covid tests if they’re fully vaccinated. It’s been confirmed.
In an increase for households, the changes will be available from 4 am on eleven February, in time for the half-term rest.
Rules are also eased for unvaccinated travellers, who don’t need to go for one day 8 examination or maybe self-isolate.
Nevertheless, they’ll continue to need pre-departure and day 2 tests.
And everybody arriving in Scotland and England, regardless of vaccination status, will have to pack in a passenger locator form – while these are turned “easier” to finish, stated UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps.
Northern Ireland and Wales haven’t yet said whether they are going to change their testing rules of theirs, though they’re likely to follow suit.
In a statement on the House of Commons, Mr Shapps said the move would save families £100 on trips abroad and increase the beleaguered travel market.
“Today, I could verify that the overseas travel program of ours will be liberalised as part of the attempts of ours to guarantee that 2022 is the season where restrictions on travel, on boundaries and also lockdowns on individuals lives are securely positioned in the past,” he said.
“From 4 am on February eleven, and in time for the half-term break, qualified fully vaccinated passengers arriving in the UK won’t have to go for a post-arrival lateral flow test.
“That suggests that after weeks of pre-departure testing, post-arrival testing, self-isolation, extra expense, all that completely vaccinated individuals will need to do, whenever they go on the UK, is verifying the condition of theirs through a passenger locator form.”
Scottish Transport Secretary Michael Matheson said the actions were “extremely welcome” for the tourist and aviation sectors.
Though he stated “further surveillance” would be required throughout all UK nations to get variants if they emerged.
