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Booster jabs could be compulsory for overseas travel – reports

Government
Will Payne
16 August 2021

People may have to be up-to-date with their Covid-19 jabs, including any boosters, to travel abroad, it has been reported.

Guests will still need to comply with specific vaccine and booster requirements imposed by airlines or authorities in the destination visited

The Mail on Sunday, citing a "government source", reports that for Covid travel passes to remain valid, people will have to ensure that they have had a full initial course of a recognised Covid-19 vaccine – such as the Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Moderna jabs – and any available booster jabs.

"The assumption is that you will be required to have the most up-to-date health passport," the source told the Mail on Sunday. "So if the advice is to have a booster six months after your second jab, then that is what you’ll need."