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UK COVID TRAVEL RULES SCRAPPED: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

NEARLY TWO YEARS AFTER TOUGH COVID TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS BEGAN, THEY ARE NOW
DEEMED UNNECESSARY

Simon Calder
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Thursday 17 March 2022 23:25
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For travellers arriving in the UK, the passenger locator form and Covid testing
rules are now history. They were officially abandoned on Friday 18 March at 4am,
21 months after tough Covid travel restrictions were brought in by the UK.

They are now deemed unnecessary. The transport secretary, Grant Shapps, called
the move “a testament to the hard work everyone in this country has put in place
to roll out the vaccine and protect each other”.




Mr Shapps told BBC News: “You can travel just like in the good old days.”

Sadly, that is far from the truth – with restrictions still in place in many
destinations.

These are the key questions and answers.


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WHEN DID TRAVEL RULES START FOR THE UK?

A few temporary restrictions were placed on arrivals from countries such as
China and Italy early in 2020, but they were scrapped in mid-March as the
coronavirus pandemic took hold. Unlike other countries, the UK had no
restrictions on international arrivals until 8 June 2020, when blanket
quarantine lasting two weeks was imposed on all arrivals from abroad (except
Ireland).



In addition the passenger locator form was brought in for arrivals to the UK,
demanding a wide range of information about the traveller’s journey. Over the
following months, it became increasingly complex and incoherent – for example,
when quarantine exemption was extended to islands such as the Canaries and
Madeira, the form became more complicated.

The online health form has been widely derided as far more complicated than
those of other nations. Pieter Elbers, chief executive of the giant Dutch
airline KLM, told an aviation conference: “My assistant almost asked for pay
rise for sorting it out.”


WHAT ABOUT TESTING RULES?

Throughout 2020, British ministers dismissed testing as useless. But in 2021,
after an unprecedented 19-week ban took effect, the government made testing
mandatory for all arrivals. (In order to accommodate proof that the necessary
tests had been booked, the passenger locator form increased in complexity still
further.)



After the international travel ban was lifted, vaccination status became a
condition for less onerous restrictions. Unvaccinated travellers must still take
a pre-departure test and a post-arrival PCR, though those will be scrapped on
Friday 18 March.


IS THE UK REALLY LEADING THE WORLD?

According to Grant Shapps, it is. He said: “The UK is leading the world in
removing all remaining Covid-19 travel restrictions.”



In fact, a number of other countries have already dropped all their rules,
including Ireland, Norway and Hungary.

The minister’s sudden move caused surprise in some quarters; it was only in
December that the UK brought in Europe’s most onerous testing rules, which
applied to all international arrivals to the UK, except from Ireland.

Everyone aged 12 and over was required to take a pre-departure test before
leaving for the UK and book a post-arrival PCR test with mandatory
self-isolation until a negative result was obtained.

The rules remained in place for many weeks, and airlines reported a slump in
business with people were deterred from travelling because of the cost of tests
and/or fears over testing positive.



In addition, the window for completing the passenger locator form was extended
from 48 to 72 hours earlier this month, which now looks like a pointless
exercise.


CAN I REALLY “TRAVEL JUST LIKE IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS”?

No. Many destinations have travel restrictions in place – requiring some
combination of:

 * online arrival form
 * proof of vaccination, possibly including booster
 * pre-departure test
 * post-arrival test
 * quarantine
 * mandatory Covid insurance
 * general ban on leisure travel

For example, New Zealand says fully vaccinated tourists and family visitors will
have to wait until July 2022.



There is no sign of Hong Kong and the rest of China opening up in the near
future.


BUT AIRPORTS AND AIRLINES ARE GETTING EASIER?

Yes. Heathrow has abandoned the requirement to wear a mask – though it “strongly
encourages those at the airport to continue wearing a face covering –
particularly when coming into close contact with others”.

British Airways says: “Customers will only be required to wear a face covering
on board our flights if the destination they’re travelling to requires it.

“For destinations where the wearing of a face covering is not mandated, our
customers are able to make a personal choice, and we kindly request everyone
respects each other’s preferences.”

Virgin Atlantic says: “As we learn to live with Covid and with the legal
requirement to wear a face mask now removed in England, we believe our customers
should have the personal choice whether to wear a mask onboard, on routes where
international regulations around mask-wearing do not apply.”

Jet2 and Tui have both announced a move to optional mask rules on some flights.


IF I LEFT THE UK WHILE THE RULES WERE STILL IN PLACE, DO THEY APPLY TO ME?

No.


I’VE ALREADY BOOKED TESTS THAT ARE NO LONGER NECESSARY – CAN I GET A REFUND?

That depends on the policy of your testing company. The Independent has long
recommended that travellers book tests as late as possible to avoid the risk of
paying for unnecessary procedures.


ANY SIGN OF SIMILAR THINKING IN THE US AND ELSEWHERE?

“Competitive reopening” – governments scrapping travel restrictions in a bid to
rescue their tourist industries – is well under way.



But the American government has generally been very slow in easing Covid travel
rules. Just in case, book the pre-departure test for the US (and anywhere else)
as late as possible in case things change.


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COULD BRITAIN’S TOUGH RULES RETURN?

Not according to the DfT’s statement: “In future, the government’s default
approach will be to use the least stringent measures, if appropriate, to
minimise the impact on travel as far as possible – given the high personal,
economic and international costs border measures can have – and the contingency
measures will only be implemented in extreme circumstances.”


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