Saint Lucia and Spain among nations relaxing Covid entry restrictions

Spain and Saint Lucia have relaxed entry requirements. Unvaccinated travellers in Saint Lucia no longer need to take pre- travel Covid tests if they are fully vaccined. Spain will allow unvaccinated arrivals to enter with proof of a negative test.

Saint Lucia is located in the Lesser Antilles.

Vaccinated travellers must provide a valid vaccination record as requested on check-in, boarding, and entry to Saint Lucia. Unvaccinated travellers five years and older must have a valid negative standard COVID-19 PCR test five days before arrival. An unsupervised self-swab antigen or PCR test is not accepted.

Passengers arriving without a test or with the wrong test will be retested on arrival at their own cost and will be required to remain inQuarantine until the test result is known.

Travelers no longer need to pre-register online prior to their arrival in Saint Lucia. All arrivals need to bring proof of vaccine status or test results. International travellers and returning nationals need to complete a Health Screening Form before they can disembark in Saint Lucia.

All protocols and details of entry requirements can be found at www.stlucia.org/covid-19.

Spain.

Spain has updated its entry requirements and non-vaccinated UK passengers can now enter Spain with proof of a negative PCR or antigen, or proof of diagnostic recovery.

The new entry guidelines require all UK travellers to submit one of the three criteria.

A certificate of vaccination is needed at least 14 days prior to arrival in Spain to be fully-vaccinated. If more than 270 days have passed since the final dose, certification of a booster vaccine is required, except for teenagers aged 12 to 17

There is a Diagnostic Test Certificate that shows the passenger carried out a negative diagnostic test.

The passenger has a certificate of recovery. Recovery certificates issued by the official authorities will be valid for at least 11 days after the first test. The certificate will be valid for 180 days after the first positive test result.

When travelling with an adult, children under 12 years old are exempt.