England to scrap quarantine for fully-jabbed EU and US visitors
England is to allow US and EU travellers who are fully vaccinated against coronavirus to enter without the need to quarantine.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced that the new rules will be in place from 4am on Monday August 2.
The Cabinet minister said: “We’re helping reunite people living in the US and European countries with their family and friends in the UK.”
It has not been announced whether the change will apply to people arriving in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
We're helping reunite people living in the US and European countries with their family and friends in the UK 👪
From 2nd August at 4am people from these countries will be able to come to the England from an amber country without having to quarantine if they're fully vaxxed 💉
— Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP (@grantshapps) July 28, 2021
Currently, only travellers who have received two doses of a vaccine in the UK are permitted to enter from an amber country – such as the US and most of the EU – without self-isolating for 10 days, except those returning from France.
But ministers have decided to extend the exemption to those vaccinated in the US and the EU.
Paul Charles, chief executive of travel consultancy The PC Agency, told the PA news agency: “The significance of this decision can’t be overestimated.
“It will pump vital cash into the travel economy, and help salvage the rest of the summer.
“Inbound visitors deliver billions of pounds to the economy and they can be welcomed safely.
“It’s especially good news for our airlines who need to fill their seats across the Atlantic.”
