Travellers arrive at Heathrow Airport in London, Britain, 05 February 2021. The UK government is set to implement stricter measures for travellers arriving at Heathrow from Monday 15 February 2021. | ANDY RAIN
London09/02/2021 15:50
Britain's strict travel measures could stay in place until the government can be sure that vaccines work against new variants of the coronavirus, or booster shots have been given later this year, health minister Matt Hancock said on Tuesday.
6 comments
To be able to write a comment, you have to be registered and logged in
Britain is getting it exactly right. All countries should be doing exactly the same, but now we see how Spain is not in the same catagory as Britain in so many aspects. Spain is more in-tune with Greece in reality...
Britain is ahead of the field in vaccination numbers. If they are saying that restrictions might not ease up until the autumn, what does that imply for other countries who are further behind in vaccinations? What a mess 2021 is beginning to look like. I hope Sanchez and Armengol have a plan B, C,D...Z up their sleeves.
When will this madness end. I’m all for sensible restrictions but a test on or after day -3 before departure, then on day 2 after arrival, then again on day 5 for the test to release scheme then again on day 8 after you’ve been released is a little overkill... and will certainly kill the airlines / travel industry / mental health of millions
Lisa, you sound like a bitter person who is concerned about your tourism related income and nothing else. The UK is doing exactly what it should have done first time around. China, S Korea, Singapore, Australia and NZ all have tougher restrictions and guess what? Tgey are virtually Covid free. Stop being so selfish.
Lisa, Spain has rightly closed its border to Portugal until March. This is no different to English action.. except we are not in an open border treaty except for Ireland who have rights in the travel agreement post Ireland independence. Scotland has imposed restrictions stricter than the new English announcement.looks like the are more hermit like than the English. The virus situation is still very volatile and fluid this not time to become complacent.
It appears the UK isn’t satisfied with Brexit, they are determined to cut the UK off from the rest of the world. Sounds like a prison? No wonder the Scots want to jump ship ....