BASSETERRE, St. Kitts (August 18, 2021) — St. Kitts and Nevis welcomes fully vaccinated international air travellers from the UK effective September 1, 2021, as the travel restriction for UK international travellers ends on August 31, 2021. British Airways has announced the resumption of service from Gatwick to the Federation on Sunday, October 3, 2021. The airline will operate two consecutive Sundays — October 3rd and 10th — providing once-a-week service for those two weeks, before commencing twice-weekly service (Saturdays and Wednesdays) starting Saturday October 16th.
The vaccination rate in St. Kitts and Nevis continues its upward momentum: 72.8% of the adult population have received one dose of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine and 61.4% are fully vaccinated. On August 11, 2021, the Federation received the first of three tranches of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine — making a second vaccine option available to citizens and residents and providing the ability to soon offer the vaccine to children and teenagers aged 12–17. The Ministry of Health has approved mixing vaccines. The Federation accepts all WHO-approved vaccines: Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca/Oxford, Sinopharm, Sinovac and Johnson & Johnson. Fully vaccinated international travellers arriving by air must Vacation in Place at a “Travel Approved” hotel for four days and be tested on day four. Travel restrictions for Brazil, India and South Africa remain in place.