England to Scrap COVID19 Tests and Passenger Locator Form

(16 Mar 2022, 15:00 +07)  Travellers arriving in England from abroad after 4am on Friday, 18 March 2022, no longer need to take any COVID19 tests before they travel or after they arrive, nor fill in a UK passenger locator form.

The new rules apply regardless of whether the traveller is vaccinated, or not.

Travellers will also not need to quarantine when they arrive.

For travellers arriving in England before 4am on 18 March, they must follow the current rules as set out in the official travel to England guidance.

Windsor Castle, England. Picture by Steven Howard of TravelNewsAsia.com

This means that if a traveller is fully vaccinated, that person must complete a passenger locator form 3 days before arriving in England.

No quarantine is required, nor do travellers need to take any COVID19 travel tests before travelling to England or after arrival.

If a traveller is not fully vaccinated and will arrive in England before 4am on 18 March, then s/he must take a COVID19 test within the 2 days before travelling to England.

Such a traveller must also book and pay for a COVID19 PCR test – to be taken after arriving in England, complete a UK passenger locator form in the 3 days before arrival in England and enter the PCR test booking reference number on the passenger locator form.

On Tuesday, 15 March 2022, the UK reported 109,802 new COVID19 cases and 200 more deaths.