EU vacs certification?
Jul 8th 2021, 1:35 pm
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Re: EU vacs certification?
No, not yet.
Apparently it is a work in progress, though.
Shapps ends quarantine rule for fully vaccinated amber-list travellers
Apparently it is a work in progress, though.
However, although the transport secretary, Grant Shapps, said UK travellers would be able to “visit their family and friends who they’ve not seen for such a long time”, the government said it would not accept any proof of vaccination apart from the NHS app or certificate.
The move is likely to cause a significant backlash from UK citizens living abroad who have been vaccinated in their countries of residence, often with the same vaccines as used by the NHS.
A Department for Transport source confirmed those vaccinated abroad would not be able to prove their vaccine status and must quarantine on arrival in the UK, but said the rule was only “phase one” and that work was ongoing to recognise foreign certification.
The move is likely to cause a significant backlash from UK citizens living abroad who have been vaccinated in their countries of residence, often with the same vaccines as used by the NHS.
A Department for Transport source confirmed those vaccinated abroad would not be able to prove their vaccine status and must quarantine on arrival in the UK, but said the rule was only “phase one” and that work was ongoing to recognise foreign certification.
Jul 8th 2021, 4:02 pm
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Jul 8th 2021, 11:45 pm
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Re: EU vacs certification?
Certain individual countries have chosen to do so but not the EU as a bloc.
Jul 9th 2021, 7:30 am
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