Britain plans to scrap quarantine for fully-vaccinated
arrivals from Nigeria and other countries in the coming weeks, transport
minister Grant Shapps said on Friday.
The new policy comes a day after Shapps announced a rule
change for those in Britain who have had both shots.
“We want to be able open that up for people. We’re actively
working on it,” Shapps told Sky News.
“In the next couple of weeks I’ll be able to come forward
and say more about other locations in the world.”
He announced on Thursday that fully vaccinated British
residents arriving in England from medium risk amber countries would no longer
have to self-isolate on arrival.
Shapps said the process of recognising vaccination status
would focus on countries administering WHO-approved vaccines, and said the
process was complex because each country has different certification systems.
“It’s easier from the EU because they’re creating their own
digital passport, it’s more complicated from other countries – the U.S. for
example don’t have a digitised system,” Shapps said in a separate interview
with the BBC.
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