COVID-19 - Travelling to the UK with two doses of an un-approved vaccine and one approved booster dose

COVID-19 - Travelling to the UK with two doses of an un-approved vaccine and one approved booster dose - A Person Holding a Syringe and a Vial

A family member, who's not a UK resident or a British national, is planning to come visit me in the UK in January. He's been given two doses of Sputnik and one booster jab of Oxford-AstraZeneca.

Assuming the WHO doesn't approve the Sputnik vaccine before my family member travels, would he be considered as vaccinated or unvaccinated when entering the UK?

I cannot find any information around this scenario in the official GOV.UK website: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/countries-with-approved-covid-19-vaccination-programmes-and-proof-of-vaccination

As a side note, he won't be coming from a red list country.



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Assuming the WHO doesn't approve the Sputnik vaccine before my family member travels, would he be considered as vaccinated or unvaccinated when entering the UK?

Unvaccinated, since Sputnik doesn't count for the UK.




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