Cyprus Opens Door to Vaccinated Brits, Breaking Ranks With EU
- Qualified travelers from the U.K. will be admitted from May 1
- An EU-wide vaccine passport could take three or four months
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Cyprus said it will let in Britons who have had two Covid-19 jabs from May, opening the door to a wave of older U.K. holidaymakers as it targets an early return in the tourist traffic on which its economy relies.
The island nation in the eastern Mediterranean said Friday it will admit qualifying visitors from May 1, though the British government isn’t due to lift a ban on leisure travel until May 17 at the earliest.