The UK govt. has conducted a further review of the red list on Friday (Nov. 19) and issued a press release, the release said, “From 4 am on Monday 22 November, the UK government will recognise vaccines on the World Health Organization’s Emergency Use Listing (WHO EUL) at the border. As a result, Sinovac, Sinopharm Beijing and Covaxin will be added to the existing list of approved vaccines for inbound travel, benefitting more fully vaccinated passengers.”
The WHO Emergency Use Listing process includes a review of the quality, safety and efficacy data performed by WHO experts and many countries such as the United States, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Iceland are already recognising the WHO Emergency Use Listings vaccines.
Alongside expanding the list of approved vaccines for inbound travel, the UK govt. also, expand the inbound vaccination policy to include proof of vaccine certification from the following 15 countries and territories:
Belarus
Bolivia
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Faroe Islands
Laos
Libya
Malawi
Mozambique
Samoa
Senegal
Vanuatu
Zambia
Zimbabwe
The inbound vaccination policy now covers over 150 countries and territories.
From 4 am on Monday 22 November, the UK government will also be simplifying travel rules for all under-18s coming to England from a non-red list country or territory, who will be treated as fully vaccinated at the border, regardless of their individual vaccination status. This means they will be exempt from self-isolation requirements on arrival and will only be required to take a lateral flow test post-arrival, with a free confirmatory PCR test if they test positive.
Inbound vaccination policy: US residency requirements and state certification solutions
From 4 am on Monday 22 November, the government will remove the requirement for people to provide proof of US residency when proving their fully vaccinated status with a US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) card. Accept the US CDC card or one of the below US state-issued certification solutions as proof of full vaccination:
California Digital COVID-19 Vaccine Record
New York State Excelsior Pass Plus
Washington State WA Verify
Consider additional US state-led certification solutions in the future.
Booster vaccinations in the NHS COVID Pass
Finally, travellers who have had a booster or a third dose will be able to demonstrate their vaccine status through the NHS COVID Pass from Friday (Nov. 19). This addition will enable those who have had their booster or third dose to travel to countries such as Israel, Croatia and Austria who have already introduced a time limit for the COVID-19 vaccine to be valid for quarantine-free travel.
