English travellers are currently able to visit a select number of countries without facing a 14-day quarantine, under plans first announced in July by the Government.
What’s the latest news?
- Slovenia and Guadeloupe were removed from the quarantine exemption list at 4am on Saturday, September 19
- Travellers returning from Singapore and Thailand do not have to quarantine if they arrived after 4am on September 19
- Iceland is open to tourists, but all arrivals must pay to be tested twice for coronavirus and await the results in their hotel, or self-isolate for 14 days upon arrival. Children born in 2005 or later are exempt
The full list
The Transport Secretary Grant Shapps provides weekly updates on which countries the Government has abandoned its quarantine policy for. They are:
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Australia
The Azores
Barbados
Bermuda
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
British Antarctic Territory
British Virgin Islands
Brunei
Cayman Islands
the Channel Islands
Cuba
Curaçao
Cyprus
Denmark
Dominica
Estonia
Falkland Islands
Faroe Islands
Fiji
Finland
Germany
Gibraltar
Greece – except:
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Crete
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Lesbos
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Mykonos
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Santorini
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Serifos
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Tinos
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Zakynthos
Greenland
Grenada
Hong Kong
Iceland
Ireland
the Isle of Man
Italy
Japan
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Macau
Madeira
Malaysia
Mauritius
Montserrat
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Norway
Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands
Poland
San Marino
Seychelles
Singapore
Slovakia
South Korea
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
St Barthélemy
St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
St Kitts and Nevis
St Lucia
St Pierre and Miquelon
St Vincent and the Grenadines
Sweden
Taiwan
Thailand
Turkey
Vatican City
Vietnam
I’m returning from a country not on the list. What are the quarantine rules?
If you return to the UK from a country that is not on the travel corridor list you must self-isolate.
When you get home, you will need to self-isolate for 14 days.
You must also show proof of a completed passenger locator form at the UK border. You may be refused permission to enter the UK (if you are not a British citizen), or fined if you do not provide your contact details or fail to self-isolate.
If you travel from an exempt country but have been in a country that is not exempt within the past 14 days, you will need to self-isolate for the remainder of the 14 days since you were in a non-exempt country. If you transit through a country that is not exempt you will be required to self-isolate for 14 days.
For example, if you arrive in the UK from a country that is exempt, but you travelled to the exempt country four days ago from a country that is not exempt, you will need to self-isolate for 10 days. If you’re travelling to the UK for less than 10 days you will need to self-isolate for the duration of your visit.
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