From Monday 4th October, the UK government revealed new rules for travel. Countries and territories are now categorised as either the red list or rest of the world.
The new travel system means that eligible fully vaccinated passengers and eligible under-18s returning from a country, not on the red list, can do so without needing to complete a pre-departure test. They are also not required to carry out a day 8 test or enter a 10-day isolation period.
People will still need to take a test on the second day they are back in the country, but from 24th October this no longer has to be a paid-for PCR test and can be a lateral flow one instead.
These travel changes will only apply in England and only those flying back to the UK.
Towards the end of October, passengers who change flights or international trains during their journey will be able to follow the measures associated with the country they originally departed from, rather than the countries they have been through as part of their journey.
However, a date for this has not yet been confirmed.
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Source:
Gov.uk
Sky News