United Kingdom will eliminate the need for travelers arriving in the country to fill out a passenger location form, thus ending as of Friday with their last travel restriction against COVID-19.
This was announced on Monday by the British Minister of Transport, Grant Shapps. “All remaining travel COVID measures, including the Passenger Locator Form and tests for all arrivals, will be removed for UK travel from 04:00 on March 18“He indicated on Twitter.
The head of Transport added that these changes are possible thanks to the extension of vaccination against the coronavirus in the country and represent a “greater freedom in time for Easter“.
Until now, travelers without the complete vaccination schedule had to undergo a test before flying to the United Kingdom and another after arriving in the country. In addition, all people, regardless of their vaccination status, had to fill a form with your personal data and travel plans.
The British country is now taking another step in the total elimination of all restrictive measures against the pandemic, after remove the obligation to quarantine for those infected by COVID-19.
An announcement that comes after a week in which a new uptick in cases and hospitalizations by coronavirus in the country: infections detected in the last seven days amount to 444,201, 48.1% more than in the previous seven days, while hospital admissions have grown by 16.9% to 9,475 in one week and the deaths 2.1%, up to 726 deaths.
Source: Lasexta
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