No quarantine for fully jabbed US and EU travellers to England

People who are fully vaccinated from the EU and US will be able to avoid quarantine when arriving in England, the BBC has been told.

Currently, people who have been fully vaccinated in the UK do not need to isolate when travelling from countries on the amber list, except from France.

But that exemption did not apply to people vaccinated outside the UK.

The government’s Covid Operations committee met earlier and made the decision.

More details will be released later on Wednesday. It is not yet known when the change will come in – and whether the other UK nations will adopt the rule change.

Earlier, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said talks on travel were taking place between the four nations. 

The travel industry had been pushing for the change in the rules so that people living abroad can more easily come to the UK for holidays or to visit loved ones.

“At the moment we’re in this slightly ridiculous situation where if I’m on a plane from Spain, because I’m lucky enough to have had two jabs, once we get to the UK I just wander off, no problem,” said travel expert Simon Calder.

“But the person sitting next to me, who happens to have had their vaccinations in Spain, not in the UK, has to go and sit in a room for 10 days. Doesn’t make sense.”