Travel rules for people arriving in the UK have been changed as a number of major changes have been announced. It has been confirmed that testing measures for fully vaccinated arrivals will be axed.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said on Monday that border testing for vaccinated travellers 'has outlived its usefulness', so the government will be scrapping all travel tests for vaccinated people.
From 4am on Friday 11 February, 'eligible fully vaccinated passengers arriving in the UK will no longer have to take a post-arrival lateral flow test,' he said. READ MORE: Primary school denies forcing pupils to show proof of negative Covid tests To class as fully-vaccinated, a person must have received two doses of an approved jab or one dose of a Janssen vaccine.
Mr Shapps added that 'all fully vaccinated people will now have to do' is verify their status by a passenger locator form. He says families will save about £100 on visits abroad and axing the rules will provide certainty to passengers, to carriers and the tourism sector.
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