Under the previous rules, they were allowed to enter England under facilitated conditions – without the need for quarantine and pre-trip testing. – who have received the full dose of AstraZeneca, Pfizer or Moderna, or any combination of these, or the one-component Janssen vaccine at least 14 days before arrival.

This list has been expanded following a new amendment announced two weeks ago by the UK Department for Transport with the Chinese Sinovac and Sinopharm vaccines on the World Health Organization Emergency Vaccine List (WHO EUL) and the Indian Covaxin vaccine. As early as the end of October, fully vaccinated immigrants were no longer required to have a PCR coronavirus test after arriving in England. Instead, it is much cheaper to perform a few minutes of rapid flow (lateral flow test). The test must be completed by the end of the second day after arrival.

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If the rapid test is positive, it must be presented separately and the result checked by performing a PCR test. In this case, the test kit can be ordered free of charge from the UK Public Health Service (NHS) on this website, or 119, which can be called within England.

The British government also considers non-adult entrants to be fully vaccinated from Monday, regardless of where they come from and have been vaccinated. Under the amendment, which went into effect on Monday morning, the rules apply to all children who has not yet reached the age of 18, regardless of the country in which you live. That is, they do not have to be quarantined after their arrival and did not have to be tested for a coronavirus before leaving, even if they are not already vaccinated. They too can only take a quick test until the second day after arrival. THE Younger than 5 years children do not need to be tested in any way. The British government is currently It adopts vaccination programs in 150 countries, including Hungary.