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UK to Drop All Travel COVID Requirements This Week
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The UK is dropping all COVID testing requirements for travelers this week, regardless of vaccination status.
Beginning 4 a.m. on Friday, arrivals to the UK will no longer need to provide proof of a negative COVID test, nor fill out the previously required passenger locator form.
TRAVEL UPDATE
All remaining Covid travel measures, including the Passenger Locator Form and tests for all arrivals, will be stood down for travel to the UK from 4am on 18 March.
These changes are possible due to our vaccine rollout and mean greater freedom in time for Easter.
— Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP (@grantshapps) March 14, 2022
“These changes are possible due to our vaccine rollout and mean greater freedom in time for Easter,” the UK’s Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps, announced via Twitter.
Currently, unvaccinated arrivals from the United States must show proof of a negative COVID test taken no more than two days before travel and must take a PCR test within two days of arrival.
Effective from Wednesday 16 March, we’ll remove the requirement for wearing face coverings at the airport. We still strongly encourage both colleagues & passengers to wear them, particularly when they come into close contact with others, but this will no longer be mandatory. 1/2
— Heathrow Airport (@HeathrowAirport) March 14, 2022
According to USA Today, London’s Heathrow Airport also announced it would be lifting the mandatory mask requirement in terminals, offices, and rail stations beginning Wednesday, although they are still recommended.
