From 19 July, travelers living in the UK who return to England from countries designated as yellow or high-risk by the British government, including Hungary, and who have received the coronavirus vaccine as part of Britain’s vaccination campaign, will not have to, the Minister for Transport announced. Briton Grant Shapps said Thursday that quarantine.
Shapps confirmed in a briefing to members of the House of Commons in London that this measure, for the time being, would be in the interest of those who received two doses of the vaccine in the United Kingdom.
But he added that the British government was already working to extend the measure to ease restrictions on entry for foreigners from important tourist markets, including the United States and European Union countries, later in the summer.
The minister also stressed that at the same time as the easing, the government’s recommendation that those living in Britain would be barred from visiting yellow category countries would be rescinded.
Almost all EU countries fall into the yellow category
On May 17, the British government introduced a colour-coded system similar to traffic lights, which uses the green, yellow and red categories to identify the conditions under which you can enter England from abroad. The other three countries of the United Kingdom, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland follow much of the same system.
Those coming from yellow countries must spend ten days in quarantine, take one coronavirus test before departure and two after arrival, and order screening kits in England at their own expense at their UK address on the UK government’s online interface.
The yellow category of 167 countries is the most populous.
The British government lists Hungary, with the exception of Malta, which was recently reclassified to the green category, as all other EU member states.
The United States also falls into the yellow category.
Grant Shapps, at a briefing in the House of Commons in London, did not comment on the expected outcome of the next review of each color class within a week, but stressed that the cuts, which will take effect on July 19, would be subject to roughly the same rules as those coming to England. . For immigrants from green category countries.
It applies to those who have been vaccinated in England
The Minister for Transport said that under the new rules, arrivals from yellow countries must take a coronavirus test no later than 72 hours before departure or on the second day after arrival in England, but are exempted from the eighth day after arrival. Quarantine for ten days.
Shapps added: This applies to those who received a second dose of the coronavirus vaccine in the UK at least two weeks before entering the UK.
The minister added that all arrivals will always have to fill out an online passenger locating form before departure, and once these rules are relaxed, the vaccination status will be indicated, i.e. when and where the passenger received the coronavirus vaccine. the doses you received.
