Dominican Republic lifts all domestic Covid rules

The Foreign Office acknowledged the changes in an update to its travel advice for the country on Thursday (17 February).

"Dominican authorities [have] announced that, with immediate effect, all Covid-19 measures are suspended, including mask wearing, social distancing and proof of vaccination for public spaces and private spaces for public use," said the FCDO.

UK travellers fully vaccinated against Covid-19 with at least two doses of vaccine, providing the latter is administered at least two weeks prior to travel, are exempt from having to test negative up to 72 hours prior to arrival.

Those not fully vaccinated must continue to test negative prior to travel – both PCR and antigen tests are acceptable. Passengers under the age of seven are exempt from the testing rules.

All arrivals will have their temperature taken, while a small randomly selected proportion of travellers will be asked to take a rapid diagnostic breath test.