The Civil Contingencies Authority has decided that Guernsey will accept vaccination certificates from all British Overseas Territories from Monday 16th August.
This follows the CCA's announcement earlier this week that Guernsey would, from 16th August, accept vaccination certificates from all European Union and European Free Trade Association Member States.
British Overseas Territories are part of the UK's vaccination programme.
This means that from Monday 16th August any fully vaccinated adult who had their vaccination administered in the Common Travel Area (Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man, UK or Republic of Ireland), EU, EFTA or a British Overseas Territory, will be classified as Category 2 if they have travelled anywhere outside of the Common Travel Area in the previous 14 days- as long as they have not spent any time in a country on the UK's 'red list'. Category 2 arrivals take a PCR test on arrival, isolate until a negative result and then have a second PCR test on day 7. Category 2 arrivals must comply with 'passive follow-up rules' until 14 days after their arrival in the Bailiwick.
The Blue Channel (receipt of a pack of five lateral flow tests on arrival in the Bailiwick but no isolation requirement) will remain for those who have been fully vaccinated who arrive in the islands having not spent time outside the Common Travel Area in the prior 14 days.
Travel from France
Following the UK Government's announcement on 5th August 2021 to remove the special measures in place for travel from France, the CCA has confirmed that from Monday 16th August France will be categorised the same as all other countries not included on the UK's 'Red List'. This means that from 16th August anyone fully vaccinated in the Common Travel Area, European Union, European Free Trade Association or British Overseas Territories travelling to the Bailiwick of Guernsey after having spent time in France in the prior 14 days will be considered Category 2.
The public are reminded that we continuing to be in an evolving situation and changes may be required depending on any future developments that cannot be known at this time.
