Uncategorized UK to ease holiday travel ban nonetheless keeps most quarantines
LONDON (AP) — Britain announced a “first tentative step” Friday toward resuming international travel, saying U.K. citizens will be able to travel to countries including Portugal, Iceland and Israel later this month without having to quarantine upon their return. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the country’s current blanket ban on overseas vacations will be replaced… Post author No Comments on UK to ease holiday travel ban nonetheless keeps most quarantines
LONDON (AP) — Britain declared a”first tentative step” Friday toward resuming global travel, saying U.K. citizens are going to be able to go to countries including Portugal, Iceland and Israel later this month without having to quarantine upon their return. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the country’s current blanket ban on international vacations will be replaced on May 17 with a traffic-light system underdeveloped nations as low, medium or high risk. Even the”green list” of 12 low-risk lands also comprises Gibraltar, the Faroe Islands and the Falkland Islands — although not major vacation destinations for Britons such as France, Italy, Spain and Greece, that are about the”amber” list. Britons traveling to all those states, and lots of others including the United States and Canada, will have to self-isolate for 10 days once they reunite. Britons hoping for an overseas holiday this summer with no quarantine don’t have a lot to pick from. Many countries on the green list are still closed to British people, such as Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. Others are little-visited, such as the remote islands of Saint Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha.“This is not a list generated and created to think about where people want to lie on beaches and then twist the science to fit it,” Shapps said at a news conference. He said the list would be reviewed regularly and would likely be expanded.“We in this country have managed to construct a fortress against COVID. But the disease is still prevalent in other parts of the world, most notably at the moment in India,” he explained.“That’s why today’s announcement, removing the’stay in the U.K.’ restrictions from May 17, is necessarily cautious,” he explained. All but essential travel from Britain remains barred to”red…

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