Turkey off the red

[TAC]

From 4 October, people who are fully vaccinated will not need a pre-departure test before arrival into England from a non-red list country, says the transport secretary.

And from later in October, those people will be able to replace the day two PCR test with a cheaper lateral flow test.

Grant Shapps also announces that eight countries and territories will come off the red list from 04:00 BST on 22 September - they include Turkey, Pakistan and the Maldives.

[Mollie the cat]

Does the UK accept Sinovac vaccines please?

[TAC]

It is not approved by the UK’s drug regulator

[TAC]

The following countries allow entry for persons vaccinated with the Sinovac vaccine:

Albania Finland Paraguay
Armenia Georgia Philippines
Austria Greece Serbia
Azerbaijan Hong Kong South Africa
Bangladesh Iceland Spain
Brazil Indonesia Sri Lanka
Cambodia Kazakhstan Sweden
Cape Verde Kyrgyzstan Switzerland
Chile Laos Tajikistan
China Macedonia Thailand
Colombia Malaysia Togo
Cyprus Mexico Tunisia
Dominican Republic Nepal Turkey
East Timor Netherlands Ukraine
Ecuador Oman Uruguay
Egypt Pakistan Zimbabwe
El Salvador Panama

[alsancak]

can we travel between northern cyprus and turkey freely now then with sinovac vaccine

[Mr Chinnery]

TAC
what you say is correct. However when it comes to being ‘vaccinated overseas’ - and travelling to the UK a traveller will need a PCR test prior to departure.
They will Also need to fill in passenger locator form and purchase a day 2 and day 8 PCR test. There are a number of countries who are on a list where this doesn’t apply. Europe, USA, and 17 other countries, Turkey is not on that list. What happens when travelling via the south I am a little confused because although Europe is on this list - Travelling from the south required the documentation stated up until a couple of weeks ago. So anyone travelling still needs to check very very carefully if vaccinated overseas.