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Johnson: Detail on vaccination recognition 'in next few days'

Government
Will Payne
1 July 2021

Boris Johnson has said the government would be "setting out the details over the course of the next few days" for its plans to allow fully-vaccinated Britons to avoid quarantine when returning from an amber list country.

Johnson was asked why travellers stuck in red-listed countries can't self isolate at home rather than a hotel (Credit: BBC News)

The prime minister said he is "very confident" the UK’s vaccination programme will enable Brits to travel abroad this summer - describing having both vaccine jabs as "a liberator".

"There’s no doubt that once you have got two jabs you are in a much better position," Johnson told Sky News. "Everybody who is frustrated about travel over the summer, double jabs will be a liberator."

He further stressed that international travel this year will "not be like every other [year]" due to Covid-19 and people shouldn’t expect overseas tourism to be "hassle-free".