Health Protection Agency (HPA) has revised guidelines allowing children to allow travelling without quarantine.
HPA eased restrictions permitting fully vaccinated individuals to travel without quarantine. However, children travelling were exempted from the rule as children are not inoculated as part of the nationwide vaccination programme.
The Director-General of Public Health Maimoona Aboobakuru issued a circular allowing children who are not eligible to get their vaccine to travel with a negative PCR test if they are traveling with an individual who has completed their vaccine dosages.
From July 8, onwards, people who have completed their vaccination dosages and the corresponding 14-day period post-inoculation would be allowed to travel between non-monitoring islands without quarantine. Furthermore, employees in resorts who had been fully vaccinated and completed the corresponding 14-day period, would be allowed to travel to their respective islands if the islands are not under monitoring.
Meanwhile, international travellers are now required to present a PCR test upon arrival, with a negative result, produced at most 96-hours before travelling. They would also be required to quarantine for seven days and take a release sample. They are also required to be inoculated with a vaccine on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Emergency Use List.