Hol you need to know about Covid travel rules

BRITS travelling abroad for their first summer holiday in three years will face a bewildering array of Covid rules in the countries they visit.

If traveller numbers reach pre-pandemic levels, we will spend £63billion on foreign jaunts this year as 18million of us head for Spain, 10million to France and five million to Italy.

Yet each country has its own rules about jabs, tests and Covid form-filling In many, vaccine validity expires after 270 days (nine months), though in Israel the deadline is 180 days. In Switzerland you need to take a test between days four and seven of arrival, even if fully jabbed.

The rules for kids also vary so check those. And look at the Foreign Office website for latest info before travel

nigel.nelson@sundaymirror.co.uk

CARIBBEAN

■ No Covid entry requirements for Jamaica but you will be screened for symptoms on arrival in the country

■ Two jabs for Barbados, the second at least 14 days before arrival. OR rapid flow test one day before arrival OR PCR test within three days before arrival. Unvaccinated visitors may be asked to wear an electronic tracking bracelet.

■ You need to be double-jabbed to enter Antigua and you may need a PCR test on arrival