Portugal & Greece Remain on England Safe List: Quarantine List UK

Quarantine List UK: Portugal & Greece Remain on England Safe List

Portugal & Greece Remain On England's Safe List But Removed From Wales & Scotland

Portugal and Greece Remain on England’s Corridor Countries list

English tourists in Greece and Portugal have been spared the cost and effort of scrambling back to the UK after the British government defied expectations and maintained quarantine-free travel from both countries.


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Quarantine List UK Portugal & Greece Remain on England Safe List

But in another break from the previous blanket approach to the issue, the Welsh government added mainland Portugal and Gibraltar to its quarantine list and expanded the number of Greek destinations subject to the 14 day quarantine rules

Scotland also added Portugal and the country’s justice secretary, Humza Yousaf, tweeted that Gibraltar was “high up our watch list of countries we are monitoring closely”.

Travellers returning from anywhere in Greece already have to quarantine on arrival in Scotland.

It had been expected that ministers would reimpose the mandatory 14-day quarantine for arrivals in England from Portugal, with the rolling seven-day total of infections per 100,000 people well above 20, which is seen as a threshold.

Similarly, Greek authorities had this week urged England to not follow Scotland and Wales in imposing coronavirus restrictions on those coming back from Greece.

But in a tweet on Thursday, Grant Shapps, the transport secretary, said:
“We continue to keep the travel corridor list under constant review & won’t hesitate to remove countries if needed".

It comes as calls grow from the travel industry and some MPs for testing at airports.

A letter from Heathrow airport and airline groups to the US and UK governments called for a trial to help open up Atlantic routes. "We believe that in the immediate absence of a vaccine, testing of passengers in aviation provides the best and most effective frontline defence."

The issue of the UK’s quarantine system will be debated in parliament next week.

Under the UK government’s quarantine system, there is a mandatory two-week period of self-isolation for arrivals from all countries aside from those specifically put on an official list of safe destinations.

All the UK nations have generally acted in unison with their list of restricted countries.

But with Greece, travellers arriving in Scotland will face a
14-day quarantine, while those in England will not.

Wales had tightened the rules only for people coming back from Zakynthos, or Zante, which has been linked to a series of Welsh cases.

In a statement, the Welsh government said this had now been expanded to also take in Mykonos, Lesvos, Paros and Antiparos, and Crete.

"This action is being taken as a result of a large number of cases of coronavirus [that] have been imported into Wales from tourists returning from the Greek islands, in particular.

In the last week, there have been more than 20 cases confirmed in passengers on one flight from Zante to Cardiff.” -Welsh health minister Vaughan Gething

Wales is also imposing quarantine for arrivals from mainland Portugal as well as Gibraltar and French Polynesia.

Scotland has also brought in quarantine for French Polynesia.

Travellers from Madeira or the Azores Portugal need not go into quarantine upon returning to Wales.

Changes are usually announced on a Thursday afternoon or evening, with travellers given until 4am on Saturday to avoid quarantine.

Some travellers booked early returns from Greece or Portugal anticipating the government travel quarantine announcement

The quarantine rules apply to everyone apart from selected groups of people such as freight drivers, very regular business travellers, and politicians or other dignitaries.

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