LONDON: Heathrow London Airport said on Wednesday that he planned to offer a quick track for passengers to arrive fully vaccinated, because the British government ended with the pandemic sidewalk.
The government is expected Thursday to announce that tourists come to England from “Amber” countries – middle ranking for Covid events, which include most of Europe – will no longer have to quarantine.
In advance, Heathrow said launching a pilot for passengers who came from the destination chosen to enter the quick lines of immigration on arrival, after showing evidence that they had received a dose of Coronavirus vaccine.
“This pilot will enable us to show that pre-departure checks and the arrival of vaccination status can be safely done at check-in, so that passengers who are fully vaccinated can avoid quarantine from July 19,” said the executive head of Heathrow John Holland-Kaye.
July 19 is the date of the government to lift most of the pandemic restrictions in the UK, although many scientists are worried about the plan as a level of infection soaring from a more contagious Delta variant.
However, the government said that successful mass vaccination programs have weakened links that connect infection at hospitalization and death.
More than 86 percent of adults in the UK have received at least one Jab, and 64 percent are fully vaccinated, according to official data.
“The British has fallen behind the US and EU, and the continuing approach to being too cautious about international travel will be more impact on the economic recovery and 500,000 English jobs at stake,” said Shai Weiss, the Chief Executive of the Atlantic Virgin airline.
The Heathrow experiment at first will include passengers who fly on a particular flight from Athens, Los Angeles, Montego Bay in Jamaica, and New York.
Health Secretary Sajid Javid on Tuesday said people in the UK have been affixed twice – and under the 18s – will no longer have to isolate themselves if they have made contact with someone who is positive for Covid-19.
But easing will only apply from August 16, almost a month after other controls will end, including obliged to wear a face mask in a closed room.
Other English countries – Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland – establish their own health policies and move slower.