BREAKING NEWS FULLY VACCINATED VISITORS FROM USA AND EU WILL BE PERMITTED TO VISIT UK WITHOUT QUARANTINING

[John Bull]

Details a little sketchy, including start date and whether it will be the same for the rest of the UK.

Further details hopefully later today.

Those visitors who've been vaccinated in the UK (there won't be many) already qualify, this new announcement refers to those vaccinated outside the UK.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57999362

 

JB 🙂

 

[Reina del Mar]

Shame we can’t have the green light to visit USA if we have had two vaccinations.

[John Bull]

Update 

 

To enter the UK, folk on the Amber list  currently have to provide proof that they have been fully-vaccinated in the UK.

From next monday 2nd August, visitors to England from the USA and the EU (France is an exception, see below) can enter without having to quarantine provided that they prove that they have been fully vaccinated in their own country. They will still have to provide a negative test before arrival and another two days after arrival. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57999362

 

This news currently applies only to England, the other UK countries - Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland -  make their own rules & are currently considering doing the same. Previous experience suggests they will broadly fall in line, sometimes with a slightly longer lead-in time.

 

No other countries - including Canada - have been mentioned.  Those from Amber countries - including Canada -  can only enter the UK without quarantine if they were vaccinated in the UK.

Full current list of Amber countries 

https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/travel/amber-list-countries-full-quarantine-free-travel-restrictions-fully-vaccinated-new-rules-explained-1092849

 

France is the exception - altho their infection rate is OK, a significant proportion is of the South African variant. I have no idea how this will affect cruises which visit both France & the UK.

 

More detail will hopefully surface in the next day or two.

And of course things can change overnight.

 

Stay safe

 

JB 🙂

 

[cruisemom42]

Hurrah. Hope this stands -- I have travel planned to UK in November.

[John Bull]

UPDATE

 

Scotland - says the same as England - same terms, same date.

Wales - will follow. A little reluctantly, because the USA doesn't have a unified "vaccination passport".

Northern Ireland - no word yet

 

JB 🙂

[John Bull]

UPDATE

 

 Northern Ireland  - now says the same as the rest of the UK.  Same terms, same date.

 

JB 🙂

Edited July 29, 2021 by John Bull

[Joebucks]

Get it while you can. Things are reverting back all over the place.