Pre-departure Covid tests for travel to the UK have been ditched for double vaxxed travellers. Double jabbed travellers and those under 18 years of age returning to the UK will no longer be required to undergo a pre-departure test. Also, the lateral flow replaces the PCR test for the Day Ttwo test with no need…
Traffic light system scrapped and PCR tests to be phased out
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has revealed his new system for international travel to apply to double jabbed travellers returning to England. The traffic light system The cumbersome traffic light system will disappear altogether. From 4 October, the amber list will be ditched and countries will be classed as Red â those countries that are unsafe…
Traffic light system is scrapped and PCR tests to be phased out
Green, red and amber traffic light system replaced with 2 lists Red – no go & Open – go. PCR tests to be scrapped. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has revealed his new system for international travel to apply to double jabbed travellers returning to England. The traffic light system The cumbersome traffic light system will…
UK Travel Industry Calls For Testing To Be Scrapped
A leading voice from within the UK’s struggling travel industry has called for Covid-19 testing for international travelers to be scrapped completely for most travelers. The mandatory testing required for people flying into the UK has been a controversial issue, with interested parties raising the matter several times during the pandemic, with some concessions offered…
PCR tests to be scrapped for returning vaccinated travellers
Following the news that the traffic light system is to be revamped comes the prospect that fully jabbed travellers may not have to take expensive PCR Covid tests on return to the UK. According to government officials, PCR tests could soon be a thing of the past for fully vaccinated travellers entering the UK from…
UK Traffic Light System could be scrapped by October
The traffic light system is to be revamped to allow fully jabbed travellers to visit other countries with similar levels of vaccination without any need to quarantine. The amber list will disappear leaving a two-tier system of green and red. Unsafe countries will remain on the red list and travellers returning to the UK from…