Travelers from Andorra, Belgium and the Bahamas will have to self-isolate for 2 weeks (performance)
London:
Britain reinstated the quarantine for travelers from Andorra, Belgium and the Bahamas on Thursday following a spike in coronavirus cases in those countries.
“People arriving in England from Andorra, Belgium and the Bahamas from 4 am on Saturday August 8 will have to self-isolate for two weeks,” the Department of Transport said in a statement, roughly one month after the lifting of these measures.
“There has been a steady increase in COVID-19 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in Belgium since mid-July, with the total number of cases increasing fourfold during this period.
“In Andorra, new cases per week have increased fivefold over the same period, while in the Bahamas the weekly rate of cases peaked at 78.6 last week, up from 3.1 at mid-year. July, “he says.
The Scottish government subsequently tweeted that the three countries were removed from its “quarantine exemption list”.
Brunei and Malaysia were added to the England and Scotland corridors from August 11 after being assessed as having a lower risk of infection.
With more than 46,000 deaths from the COVID-19 disease, the United Kingdom is the country in Europe most affected by the pandemic and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has come under heavy criticism for his handling of the crisis.
Since the easing of the lockdown, “the government has always made it clear that it will take decisive action if necessary to contain the virus, including the rapid removal of countries from the travel corridor list” if the risk to public health was getting too high, ”the ministry said.
By the end of July, the UK had already reintroduced an unannounced quarantine for travelers arriving from Spain, taking airlines and thousands of Britons leaving on their vacation there by surprise.
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