Vaccine passports will remain a “permanent” fixture of international travel for the “foreseeable future”, the UK transport secretary has warned, itv.com records.
Under the current system, the vast majority of travelers out of the UK need to prove they’ve been fully vaccinated for coronavirus if they want to return without having to quarantine.
And dozens of countries around the globe also require foreign tourists to have received both doses of a coronavirus vaccine in order to cross their borders quarantine-free.
“I do see this becoming permanent, for the foreseeable future, a fixture of international travel,” Transport Secretary Grant Shapps told ITV News.
Quarantine requirements for returnees from France will be lifted for fully jabbed travelers from Sunday at 4 am as it moves to the amber list – and seven countries in Europe will join the green list for unrestricted travel, regardless of their vaccination status.
He argued this summer’s strategy of reviewing the traffic light system every three weeks rather than weekly should give people the chance to go abroad.
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