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U.K. Considers Plan to Open Foreign Travel for Vaccinated Passengers

  • Airline shares jump on possible change in quarantine rules
  • Move would affect amber-listed U.S., European destinations

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British officials are considering plans to open up international travel for passengers who’ve been fully inoculated against Covid-19, allowing a resumption of tourism to more than 150 countries and territories including the vital U.S. market and some of the most popular European destinations.

Under the policy, which is still being discussed inside government, people who have received both doses of coronavirus vaccine would not need to quarantine on entry from medium-risk countries on the so-called amber list.