UK Travel Update: Booster Shot Needed to Travel

The effects of the pandemic have been felt unevenly across the globe. The travel industry is gradually returning to near pre-pandemic levels boosted significantly by the increasing number of vaccinations.

The spread of vaccinations means that most countries are now loosening restrictions and preventing further lockdowns and businesses can finally start the path to recovery.

The US has started to welcome British travellers and reports suggest that there will be an influx of British travellers. However, this can be impeded if the UK government introduces mandatory booster shots.

Tighten Foreign Travel

UK travellers eligible for vaccine boosters will have to be tripled jabbed in order to take overseas trips under plans reportedly being considered by UK ministers.

If introduced it would see quarantine and testing reimposed for eligible groups who refuse to take up the top-up dose. The move would alter the definition of “fully vaccinated” from having two doses to three COVID shots.

British holidaymakers are already facing travel restrictions if they wish to travel to the country, to France, or to Austria, where the authorities have begun imposing limits on the validity of vaccinations. The British government is also looking at imposing restrictions on those returning from abroad amid concerns that waning immunity over time risks them returning home with the virus.

The health secretary, Sajid Javid, urged people to take up the offer of booster shots when they became eligible, describing the push as a “national mission” that would help the country “avoid a return to restrictions and enjoy Christmas”.

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