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Nigerians Still Have To Be Quarantined For 10 Days In The Uk

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5 years ago

October 4, 2021

Ireporteronline

Nigeria is missing as the United Kingdom (UK) relaxed its COVID-19 vaccine policy for more than 50 countries.

This means that fully vaccinated Nigerians travelling to UK still need to self-isolate for 10 days.

Nigerian travellers have expressed displeasure over COVID-19 tests in the UK despite being fully vaccinated.

But the UK government had said Nigeria is on the ‘amber’ list, which has restrictions for travellers to the UK, irrespective of whether they have been vaccinated against COVID-19.

From October 4, UK said the new travel system comes into force with countries and territories categorised as either “red” or “rest of the world.”

The previous traffic light system of green, amber and red lists have been scrapped.

In a statement on its website, the UK government released a list of over 50 countries with approved COVID-19 vaccination programmes and proof of vaccination for travel to England.

“Fully vaccinated residents in other countries not yet part of the inbound policy, as well as those partially vaccinated, will still have to take a pre-departure test, PCR tests for day 2 and day 8 after arrival, and self-isolate for 10 days, with the option to test to release after 5 days,” the statement reads.

“The UK government is continuing to work with international partners as we seek to more regularly expand the policy to further countries and territories.”

The government said that the new simplified travel system meant that eligible fully vaccinated passengers and eligible under-18s returning from over 50 countries and territories not on the red list, can do so without needing to complete a pre-departure test (PDT), a day 8 test or enter a 10-day self-isolation period, making it easier for those travelling — whether that’s to see friends and family, or on business trips.

It added that eligible fully vaccinated passengers with an approved vaccine and recognised certificate from a country not on the red list would be able to replace their day 2 test with a cheaper lateral flow test, reducing the cost of tests on arrival into England.

Grant Shapps, US transport secretary, said:
“We are accelerating towards a future where travel continues to reopen safely and remains open for good, and today’s rule changes are good news for families, businesses and the travel sector.

“Our priority remains to protect public health but, with more than 8 in 10 people now fully vaccinated, we are able to take these steps to lower the cost of testing and help the sector to continue in its recovery.

“Also from today, under-18s from the over 50 countries whose vaccination status the UK recognises will not need to present a negative PDT before travelling to England. This applies regardless of their vaccination status.”

‘VACCINE CERTIFICATES’ RECOGNISED BY THE UK

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New Zealand Advertisement	Vaccine certificate.
Norway	EU DCC showing you’ve had a full course of an EMA approved vaccine.
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Poland	EU DCC showing you’ve had a full course of an EMA approved vaccine.
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Qatar	Vaccine certificate.
Romania Advertisement	EU DCC showing you’ve had a full course of an EMA approved vaccine.
San Marino	EU DCC showing you’ve had a full course of an EMA approved vaccine.
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Slovenia	EU DCC showing you’ve had a full course of an EMA approved vaccine.
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands Advertisement	Letter of proof from the overseas territory government showing you’ve been fully vaccinated under the UK overseas vaccine programme.
South Korea	Vaccine certificate.
Spain Advertisement	EU DCC showing you’ve had a full course of an EMA approved vaccine.
St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	Letter of proof from the overseas territory government showing you’ve been fully vaccinated under the UK overseas vaccine programme.
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Switzerland	EU DCC showing you’ve had a full course of an EMA approved vaccine.
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Turks and Caicos Islands	Letter of proof from the overseas territory government showing you’ve been fully vaccinated under the UK overseas vaccine programme.
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