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Wales adopts UK Covid rules, but holds back on PCR testing change

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Gary Noakes
27 September 2021

Wales will fall into line with England and Scotland on pre-departure testing and removing the amber category from 4 October.

Eluned Morgan, Welsh minister for health and social services

The Welsh government said it would align with the UK government on merging green and amber travel lists and removing the pre-departure test for the fully vaccinated. 

However, it added: “A decision on moving away from PCR tests is still to be made.”

Eluned Morgan, Welsh minister for health and social services, said: “We have regularly called for a careful approach to international travel to prevent coronavirus being re-imported into the UK, especially new and emerging variants which may not respond to the vaccines.