The UK will no longer require pre-departure tests before arrival into England for completely vaccinated travelers reaching from non-red list countries.
International travel for vaccinated passengers
Britain is clarifying its system for international travel for vaccinated passengers coming in and out of the UK and scrapping its current three-tiered red-amber-green country list with a single red one, transport minister Grant Shapps said on Twitter on Friday, adding that these measures will be applicable from October 4.
The latter progress is set to profit long-haul flights among India and the UK.
England
Non-red list countries
- From October 4, the current traffic light system of red, amber, and green countries based on levels of Covid-19 risk in different countries will be scrapped and replaced with one red list only.
- The UK will no longer ask for pre-departure tests before arrival into England for fully vaccinated travelers coming from non-red list countries.
India
For India, which is currently on the amber list, this will translate into reduced travel costs for the Indian diaspora vaccinated in the UK, as they will no longer be required to undergo compulsory PCR tests.
- However, those who have been inoculated with Covishield, the Serum Institute of India produced Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, have not been exempted from mandatory Covid-tests as the newly expanded list of countries whose vaccines are recognized in England does not include India.
Passengers who aren’t recognized as being completely vaccinated with authorized vaccines under the UK’s international travel rules, including India, will still have to take a pre-departure test, a day two and day eight PCR test, and self-isolate at their given address for 10 days upon entry.
UK expanded the list of countries
The UK expanded the list of countries with recognized vaccines to include Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, and 14 other countries, thus travelers from these countries will no longer need to be tested for Covid-19.
In addition to this, eight countries—Turkey, Bangladesh, Egypt, Maldives, Oman, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Kenya—will be removed from the red list from October 22.
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Source: Hindustan Times
