U.K Scraps Covid-19 Testing Requirements For Fully Vaccinated Passengers Starting Today

The U.K decision  that the eligible  fully vaccinated passengers arriving in the country need not to take a post-arrival lateral flow test has come into force on Friday. This means that starting from 11th February all that fully vaccinated international passengers only have to verify their status via passenger locator form.

Earlier, Britain’s transport secretary Grant Shapps had informed the Parliament that the government had scrapped all travel tests for vaccinated people and that would make travel much easier and an average family who visited the U.K could save around 100 pound on their visit.

An official statement issued by the UK Govt on January 24, those unvaccinated passengers will only need to take a pre-departure test and a PCR test on or before day 2 after they arrival in the United Kingdom.

Moreover, starting from today, 11th February 2022 the United Kingdom allows travelers from more countries to enter the country.

United Kingdom New Travel Rules

If you are fully vaccinated

This is what you need to do if you qualify under the fully vaccinated rules for travel to England.

• Before you travel to England you must complete a passenger locator form. You need to do this in the 48 hours before you arrive in England.
• You do not need to take any COVID-19 travel tests before you travel to England or after you arrive.
• You do not need to quarantine when you arrive in England.
• There are different rules if you are fully vaccinated and have been in a red list country or territory in the 10 days before you arrive in England. There are currently no countries or territories on the red list.

If you are not fully vaccinated

This is what you need to do if you do not qualify under the fully vaccinated rules for travel to England.

• You do not need to quarantine when you arrive in England.
• You must take the COVID-19 PCR test that you booked before you travelled.
• You can take the test any time after you arrive and before the end of day 2 at the latest. The day you arrive in England is day 0.
• If the test result is positive or unclear, you must self-isolate.