Italy is the latest country to be added to England’s travel quarantine list, along with San Marino and Vatican City, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced.That brings its seven-day rate of cases per 100,000 people to 64 – way above the 20 threshold after which the Government considers triggering quarantine conditions, but more than 2.5 times less than the UK rate. Meanwhile, Crete has now been removed from the quarantine list, from Saturday morning.
Last week no countries lost their exemptions to travel corridors, amid a rise in domestic cases – with the UK’s case rate currently standing at 166. But now there are warnings that Europe is becoming a ‘no-go zone’ for travellers.Paul Charles, chief executive of travel consultancy The PC Agency, said: ‘Europe and the Med have almost become no-go zones if you want to avoid quarantine on your return.
‘This would help business and leisure travel recover as we learn to live with coronavirus. 2020 is a washout for the travel sector and the Government needs to focus on strong revival for early 2021 and beyond.’ Changes to the Government’s list of destinations from which arrivals in England do not need to enter quarantine are usually announced every Thursday at 5pm, and implemented the following Saturday at 4am. But Italy’s quarantine will come in at 4am on Sunday, Mr Shapps announced on Twitter.#TravelCorridorHowever, note that the implementation date is moved to 4am on SUNDAY 18 October & applies UK wide, if you arrive from these destinations you will need to self-isolate.
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