UK drops ALL Covid-19 travel restrictions for fully-vaccinated Aussies in ...

The United Kingdom has axed all Covid-19 restrictions for fully vaccinated Australians in welcome news for those planning a European holiday. 

Vaccinated travellers will no longer be required to return any negative Covid tests after the government ruled it would axe all testing and quarantine rules. 

British Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said strict testing regimes will no longer apply to vaccinated passengers from 4am local time on February 11. 

'As part of our efforts to ensure that 2022 is the year in which restrictions on travel, on lockdowns and limits on people's lives are firmly placed in the past, today we are setting Britain free,' Mr Shapps said. 

'With these changes today we have one of the most open travel sectors in the world ... today is a momentous moment.' 

The transport secretary said it was important for borders to open for people to do business and travel, as well as to reunite families separated for months. 

People touching down in the UK will still be required to fill out a passenger locator form which asks if the traveller is vaccinated against Covid or not. 

However, the pages-long document is set to be simplified as part of the easing of Covid travel restrictions, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. 

While unvaccinated travellers will not be required to self-isolate after landing, they will be asked to return a negative Covid test pre-departure and on day two. 

There are currently no countries or territories listed on the 'red list' for travel to England, with the UK due to move towards home quarantine instead of hotel for travellers from red-listed areas. 

While Australia is currently recording more 2,454 cases per million

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