Folks arriving within the UK from Uruguay, Namibia and the US Virgin Islands might want to self-isolate for ten days from tomorrow.
The brand new comes because the international locations are faraway from the journey corridors checklist.
There was a constant enhance in Covid-19 instances per 100,000 of the inhabitants in Namibia, Uruguay and the US Virgin Islands since late November, main ministers to take away these from the present checklist of journey corridors.
In Namibia, new instances per week have elevated by 334 per cent over this time interval.
In Uruguay, new instances per week have elevated by 295 per cent over the identical time interval, whereas within the US Virgin Islands, new instances per week have elevated by 108 per cent.
On the identical time, the Overseas, Commonwealth & Growth Workplace (FCDO) has up to date its journey recommendation to advise in opposition to all however important journey to Uruguay, Namibia and the US Virgin Islands.
These modifications replicate the newest assessments by Public Well being England of the danger to travellers in every of those locations.
Passengers arriving within the UK from international locations not featured on the journey hall checklist are, nevertheless, now capable of opt-in and pay for a Covid-19 take a look at from a non-public supplier 5 days after they had been final in a non-travel hall location, with a destructive take a look at end result releasing them from the necessity to self-isolate.
Christmas break
Ministers have agreed a two-week pause to the journey hall evaluate course of, to offer certainty for passengers and business round journey plans over the festive break.
The transfer will be certain that those that are planning to journey over the Christmas interval don’t face final minute disruption except completely essential as a consequence of growing an infection charges.
There aren’t any deliberate removals or additions till January seventh when the common course of will resume.
Nonetheless, the federal government has made persistently clear it’s going to take decisive motion to comprise the virus, together with eradicating international locations from the journey corridors checklist quickly if the general public well being threat of individuals getting back from a specific nation with out self-isolating turns into too excessive.
This stays the case over the festive interval, and we’ll proceed to observe the information on ranges of imported an infection and take pressing motion if the information signifies the necessity to.
Picture: S. Mazzarovich/DPA/PA Photographs
