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The United Kingdom will recognize from next August 1 the vaccines administered outside its borders, which opens the possibility that those who arrive from an amber list country, such as Spain, do not have to quarantine or pay two extra PCRs each day two and eight of his confinement. Boris Johnson, however, continues to make policy of the pandemic, and, as his Vaccination Secretary has recognized, at first the measure could benefit only those British expatriates who have had to be immunized outside their country.
"Starting at the end of the month, British people who have been vaccinated outside our borders will be able to contact their
UK
medical centers
to
inform them of the injection they have received
. Ultimately, we will also establish effective coordination with the World Health Organization. Health and European, American and other regulators ", explained last week Nadhim Zahawi, Secretary of Vaccination, in parliament. "Given the speed at which we are working, at the moment we can only remove the quarantine
from those who are British by birth
or who have had their vaccinations in the UK."
A dizzying task of recognizing the complete vaccination of foreigners that, however, has not cost the European Union too much when it comes to allowing the British to visit the continent this summer, since it has been enough, for example, to give validity to the mobile application of the English National Health System. "We would like to
offer reciprocity to those 33 countries
that have approved our app," Zahawi added.
"It is something that will happen very soon
.
"
In the case of the EU, the United Kingdom would only have to recognize the Covid certificate issued by the block in a unified way, while in the case of the US it should be adapted to the different documents issued by each of the 50 States.
Without specific dates, the only thing that seems certain at the moment is, based on an exclusive published by
The Telegraph
newspaper
, that from August 1 British expatriates in countries of the amber list will be able to return to the United Kingdom to meet with their families without having to stay in quarantine for ten days or undergo two extra PCR tests.
A measure that is estimated to
benefit
, for example, about
300,000 people in the European Union and another 700,000 in the United States
, although not the 150,000 who are estimated to live in France, as the country remains immersed in a special category called amber plus due to the significant presence of the beta variant.
Spain and Greece, endangered by the beta variant
However, next
Monday the list of safe destinations will be reviewed again
, and there may be important developments that can affect international tourism on many levels. France, at the moment the only member of the amber plus list, seems to be close to abandoning it, as the prevalence of the beta variant has gone from 9% of cases to 2.6%.
Spain and Greece, as reported by the English press, could join this list despite the fact that their cumulative incidence during the last seven days (385 and 178 cases per 100,000 inhabitants respectively) is well below that of the United Kingdom (490 , 5 cases per 100,000 inhabitants).
A move that, if confirmed,
could lead six million Britons to cancel their holidays
in their two favorite destinations.
For its part, the British tourism sector, one of the hardest hit in Europe by the limited facilities granted by the Government of Boris Johnson, also looks with concern at the possibility that vaccines will not be recognized as soon as possible for all those non-British who wish to visit the UK.
Joss Croft, CEO of UKinbound, has welcomed Zahawi's "incredibly encouraging" statements, but has assured that it
does not serve him with the ambiguous deadline of "very soon"
given by the Minister of Vaccination: "We need facts and we need them now, Empty words about reciprocity is not enough for us. Inland tourism is on its knees, and even if we achieved that reciprocity tomorrow, thousands of companies and jobs would continue to be at risk due to the situation we find ourselves in. "
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