UK scraps Covid tests for fully vaccinated travellers from February 11
India TodayBritain on Monday announced that it will scrap Covid-19 test requirements for fully vaccinated travellers entering England from next month. UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps made a statement in the House of Commons outlining the Covid travel update, confirming that from 4am local time on February 11 travellers who have had both doses of a Covid vaccine will no longer be required to take a test within two days of arriving in England. “They will still need to fill out a Passenger Locator Form to demonstrate proof of a negative Covid test taken two days before they travel and they must still take a post-arrival PCR test,” he said. Fully vaccinated travellers currently need to do a lateral flow or PCR test within two days of arriving in England after a pre-arrival test requirement was done away with earlier this week. Under current rules which will change from February 11, travellers who are not fully vaccinated must take a pre-departure test and two post-arrival PCR tests, which are more expensive than the lateral flow version.