Matt Hancock says UK 'will not block exports' for vaccines

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The poll comes as a number of states restrict visitors based on where they have come from or what coronavirus vaccine they have taken. The Chinese government only accepts those who have had either the Sinovac or Sinopham jabs.

The EU has also announced they will allow American tourists this summer as the US is using vaccines approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).

Neither China’s Sinopharm or Russia’s Sputnik V vaccines have been approved by the EMA.

While it is still unclear which countries will be placed on Boris Johnson’s new travel list from May 17, Britons have urged the Government to block those who have had the Chinese and Russian jabs.

An Express.co.uk poll – which ran from 4.10pm yesterday to 7.15am today – asked: “Should people with Russian or Chinese jabs be accepted in the UK?”

Out of 2,337 votes, 1,946 people (82 percent) said those with the Chinese and Russian jabs should not be accepted into the UK.

Just 332 (15 percent) said they should be accepted, while 59 people (three percent) said they were not sure.

One Express.co.uk reader said: “If the Russian and Chinese vaccines have been tested and approved by the EU AND UK authorities, then there is no reason to bar people who have received these vaccinations to be denied entry to the UK.

“It seems though, that these vaccines have not yet been approved, so yes, they should be barred entry into the UK.

“This would apply to Russians, Chinese, Europeans and anyone else who have received these vaccines.”

A second person said only those who have had “UK approved vaccines” should be allowed into Britain.

They said: “Only people having had a UK approved vaccine should be allowed into the UK.

“Too many at risk/possible carriers of covid people were allowed in and put the population at extra and unnecessary risk.”

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While someone else said no one should be “arriving here at this time, jabbed or not!”

Another person added: “It would be an idea to shut the borders at this time and only allow returning Brits and those with homes here, to come in and only if they quarantine.”

Yesterday, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps revealed Britons will be able to enjoy quarantine-free travel over the summer.

Mr Shapps also said the NHS app will be used to supply covid passports to be able to travel abroad.

The UK Government will provide a traffic light system for travellers this summer to provide a list of countries which Britons will not need to quarantine on their return to the UK.

Mr Shapps told Sky News: “It will be the NHS app that is used for people when they book appointments with the NHS and so on, to be able to show you’ve had a vaccine or that you’ve had testing.

“I’m working internationally with partners across the world to make sure that system can be internationally recognised.

“Beyond our shores, we are seeing the highest levels of coronavirus that we have seen so far in the entire pandemic, right now.

“So we do need to make sure we do this very, very carefully – we don’t want to throw away the lockdown, we don’t want to throw away our remarkable rollout in this country of the vaccination.

“But, in the next couple of weeks, I’ll be able to tell you about which countries will have made it into the traffic light system and that ‘green’ list, in particular, are the countries where you’ll be able to go to without needing to quarantine on your return.

“You will still need to take a pre-departure test and one test on your return.

“I think people are getting very used to testing now, not least because we provide testing up to twice a week for everyone in the country right now.

“So I don’t think a test itself is a big deal.”

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