UAE omitted as England slashes Covid-19 quarantine list

UAE omitted as England slashes Covid-19 quarantine list

People arriving in England from a country not on the list will continue to be required to self-isolate until 14 days have passed since they left it.





Visitors to England from 59 countries and territories will not have to go into quarantine from July 10, the British government said on Friday.

The list of exemptions mostly covers Europe -- but not Portugal -- and the Caribbean, Australia and New Zealand, although the UAE and other Gulf countries are omitted.

The United States and China have also notably been excluded from the list.

People arriving in England from a country not on the list will continue to be required to self-isolate until 14 days have passed since they left it.

The list of countries on the list can be viewed here. 

Air Bridges (international travel corridors) will allow travel to England without 14-day quarantine from 10 July from the countries & territories in this OFFICIAL list I've published here ??https://t.co/5gmIVSBK00

- Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP (@grantshapps) July 3, 2020

The current UK Foreign Office advice for the UAE is that British people should not travel unless in exceptional circumstances.

However, it is believed that this advice is under constant review and could be updated as things change in the pandemic.

Given that the UAE