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Following the UK Government’s announcement that arrivals must take a PCR test in their first two days after arrival, the Scottish and Welsh devolved governments want isolation extended to 8 days. This would put back the old regime of tests on Day 2 and Day 8 with quarantine until the result of the Day 8…
In what is sure to cause problems for passengers arriving in the UK on the first day of the new testing regime, the Government has asked that passengers do not fill their mandatory passenger locator forms before 4am on the 29th – UK time. Typically PLF’s can be filled in 48 hours before arrival time…
As Holland announces that 13 arrivals at Amsterdam, from South Africa have tested positive for the new variant, and other countries start to impose restrictions on visitors, the UK is trying to negotiate between the member nations on the start of the requirement for arrivals to get a PCR test before Day 2. It looks…
As part of its steps to try and deal with the new Omicron variant of COVID-19, the UK Prime Minister has just announced that all arrivals to the UK will have to take a PCR test within the first two days of arrival and self-isolate whilst they await the results. Arriving back to the UK…
Passengers transiting in England, and staying airside, no longer need a Passenger Locator Form.
Is 8 November the first date we will be allowed back in to the US from Europe and the UK? Reuters seems to think so.
UK Government changes some countries on their red/amber/green list and increases the cost for those needing hotel quarantine after arrival from red-list countries. The Mexico shuffle comes to an end with it being added to the Red list requiring the pricey hotel stay on arrival. France and Germany notably join the green list. All countries have arrival requirements for those coming from the UK.
The UK Government is set to announce changes to the list of countries in each band. The bands determine restrictions on arrival to the UK. The UK newspapers are floating a new band being introduced.
It appears that there was a single Border Force officer at T5 this morning creating more stories in the British papers of queues at Immigration.
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