Currently, doubly vaccinated travelers must book a test (antigenic or PCR) for Covid-19 to be carried out after their arrival.
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Fully vaccinated travelers arriving in the UK will no longer need to be tested for Covid-19 from February 11. “What we do for travel is to show that this country is open for business, open for travellers”said British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday, January 23.
Currently, doubly vaccinated travelers must book a test (antigenic or PCR) for Covid-19 to be carried out after their arrival. Those who are not fully vaccinated must take one test before departure, then two PCR tests after arrival and must self-isolate for 10 days.
In Parliament, Transport Minister Grant Shapps clarified that vaccinated passengers would be exempt from any screening from Friday February 11. “It is obvious to me that now border tests for vaccinated travelers have lost their usefulness”, he explained. Travelers who are not fully vaccinated will no longer need to self-isolate and be tested eight days after arrival. However, they must still have tested negative two days before their entry and do a PCR test after their arrival.