The British government announced on Wednesday July 28 that fully vaccinated people from countries on its orange list no longer need to self-isolate when they arrive in England, with the exception of travelers from France, the BBC announced.
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According to the British media outlet, the tourism industry has pressured the government to change the health rules in force in the country to make it easier for people living abroad to come to the United Kingdom for holidays. or to visit their loved ones. This measure will come into force from Monday 5 a.m. French time, said Grant Shapps, British Secretary of State for Transport on Twitter.
The Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs recalls on its website that “
the presentation of a negative test of less than 72 hours is compulsory to enter England and Scotland.
"It can be"
a PCR test or an antigen test, provided that a specificity threshold of 97% and a sensitivity of 80% is respected.
"
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On Monday, July 19, the US State Department and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) asked US citizens traveling to the UK to "
make sure to be fully vaccinated before travel
", because the resurgence of Covid-19 cases in the country. “
Even fully vaccinated travelers can be at risk of contracting and spreading variants of COVID-19,
” recalls the CDC. According to the Worldometers site, the United Kingdom has 129,303 deaths due to Covid-19, and 23,511 new cases were identified on Tuesday, July 27.
