The British Ministry of Transport announced the recognition from November 22 of WHO-approved vaccines against coronavirus health organization (WHO) for emergency use. RIA Novosti reports about it with reference to the statement of the Ministry of Transport of the country.
According to the report, the British authorities from 4:00 on November 22 will recognize as valid vaccines listed by WHO for emergency use. Thus, Sinovac, Sinopharm Beijing and Covaxin will be added to the list of approved vaccines for inbound tourism to the UK. This means that Pfizer/BioNTech, AstraZeneca, Moderna and Janssen (J&J) vaccines and WHO approved vaccines including Sinovac, Sinopharm Beijing and Covaxin will be valid in the UK from November 22nd.
The British Ministry of Transport clarified that fully vaccinated passengers who received their certificates in one of 135 countries should no longer do a coronavirus test before departure, do a test on the eighth day of arrival, or undergo quarantine. From now on, they will only be required to test for COVID-19 on the second day after arriving in the United Kingdom.
In addition, the British authorities have simplified travel for passengers under 18 years old, they will be subject to the rules as completely vaccinated, they will be exempted from quarantine, pre-departure test and test on the eighth day after arrival. Instead, they must do a rapid test upon arrival and one free PCR confirmation test if the first test is positive.
In September, the UK authorities simplified entry rules for foreigners, including Russians. So, since October 4, vaccinated travelers from the states of the orange list, which includes Russia, are exempt from the mandatory PCR test before arriving in the kingdom. In addition, upon arrival, tourists will not need to take a second PCR test – instead, they can provide an urgent test for COVID-19, which is a cheaper analogue of the PCR test.