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Matthew Dresch

Vaccinated Brits will be able to 'jump the Covid queue' at Greek airports

Vaccinated Brits will be able to jump the Covid queue when landing in Greece for their holidays, it is claimed.

Greek officials reportedly intend to let vaccinated tourists use a special 'green lane', which bypasses the longer queue for those who have received a negative Covid test.

Greece hopes to launch the new service by mid-May, making summer holidays even easier for any Brits planning a Mediterranean getaway.

Tourists will have to use an app to prove they have received the jab under the scheme.

A source told The Sun that talks between the UK and Greece are in the 'advance stages'.

They added: "Our objective is to get the system in place by mid-May.

Greece reportedly hopes to launch the new service by mid-May (NurPhoto via Getty Images)

"The UK government knows that Greece is a favourite destination for millions of Britons and it wants to facilitate things so that travel can resume."

Vaccine passports will include passengers' names, passport numbers and confirmation they have received the jab, The Sun reports.

The certificates mean passengers could avoid waiting in line to show their Covid test results to Greek officials.

However, Department for Transport officials said the plans were still 'no where near being signed off by ministers'.

If the scheme goes ahead, tourists will be able to show they have had the jab with an app (Alamy Stock Photo)

It comes after Spanish tourism officials already confirmed their commitment to introducing Covid immunity passports.

Regional governors of the Balearic Islands urged Spanish tourism minister Maria Reyes Maroto to let them start the pilot scheme for welcoming Brits with vaccine passports.

The pilot scheme would cover the popular islands of Ibiza, Majorca and Menorca.

Whitehall sources have said the prospect of foreign trips this summer is looking “increasingly positive”.

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