Covid: No quarantine for fully jabbed US and EU travellers to England
Source: BBC
People who are fully vaccinated from the EU and US will not need to quarantine when arriving in England, the BBC has been told. Currently, people who have been fully vaccinated in the UK do not have to isolate when travelling from countries on the amber list, except from France.
But that exemption did not apply to people vaccinated outside the UK. The government's Covid Operations committee met earlier and made the decision. More details will be released later on Wednesday. It is not yet known when the change will come in - and whether the other UK nations will adopt the rule change. Earlier, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said talks on travel were taking place between the four nations.
The travel industry had been pushing for the change in the rules so that people living abroad can more easily come to the UK for holidays or to visit loved ones. "At the moment we're in this slightly ridiculous situation where if I'm on a plane from Spain, because I'm lucky enough to have had two jabs, once we get to the UK I just wander off, no problem," said travel expert Simon Calder.
"But the person sitting next to me, who happens to have had their vaccinations in Spain, not in the UK, has to go and sit in a room for 10 days. Doesn't make sense."
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-57999362
We're fucked.
WaPo article (still waiting for a direct link) -
England reopened its borders to fully vaccinated travelers from the United States and Europe on Wednesday, in a major move that would boost the country’s sagging tourism industry and allow friends and family to reunite after months of separation.
Grant Shapps, the transportation minister, tweeted that “we’re helping reunite people living in the US and European countries with their family and friends in the UK.”
Starting on Aug. 2 at 4 a.m. people coming to England from so-called “amber” list countries, which includes the United States and the European Union will no longer have to quarantine, just take a coronavirus test before flying and then two days after arrival. Travelers must provide proof of inoculation with a vaccine authorized by the U.S. or European agencies, he added.
“We want people to be able to come from the U.S. freely in a way that they normally do,” Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in an interview with LBC radio that aired Wednesday morning. “As soon as we have something to say about travel corridors, you’ll be hearing from us.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/07/28/coronavirus-latest-updates/
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some hitherto unknown "American variant" over there to you guys because I know it's only a matter of time when one gets started, since we are still "#1" in cases and deaths. 
I think Johnson is trying to force Biden's hand and I know that ain't gonna work.
and Texas... 
Can't have a DeSantis one without an Abbott one. They like to "go big or go home". 
