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UK will ditch travel quarantine for 75 countries, Daily Telegraph says

 

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Shoppers are seen walking past social distancing signs following the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, in London, Britain July 1, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The British government will effectively ditch its air bridge plans and simply end the coronavirus quarantine rules for those arriving from 75 countries so that people can go on holiday, The Daily Telegraph reported.

 

The newspaper said the UK would shortly lift a ban on non-essential travel to nearly all EU destinations, the British territories including Bermuda and Gibraltar, and Turkey, Thailand, Australia and New Zealand.

 

A spokesman for the transport ministry declined immediate comment.

 

Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government has been grappling with how to open up international travel after it imposed a 2-week quarantine for arrivals, which has added to the woes of the shuttered tourism and travel industry.

 

Britain said on Friday that it would ditch a 14-day quarantine period for people arriving from countries such as France, Greece and Spain.

 

Simon Clarke, a junior housing, communities and local government minister, said the government was working on an announcement on travel.

 

"We will provide this announcement as soon as it is safe," Clarke told Sky. "We will be talking further about this this week."

 

"Clearly we want to get the tourism sector back on its feet as quickly as we can and I'm sure that we will be able to give good news in the near future," he said.

 

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33 minutes ago, Yinn said:

They can not come to Thailand. Sure.

 

we fix covid in Thailand already. Be stupid to allow that. Will happen again, sure. 

 

The other countrys allow? 

 

When they fix covid... Welcome to Thailand.

 

Not now. We just start life again, pub, school,etc. Not want return to rules.

 

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Just wait Yin just wait ….."Uncle P " China buddy's are coming …. you know China ?…. that country where it all started long time before they made it public to the world ….????

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1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

The British government will effectively ditch its air bridge plans and simply end the coronavirus quarantine rules for those arriving from 75 countries so that people can go on holiday, The Daily Telegraph reported

This Mortal Coil once sang

 

”It’ll end in tears”

 

Or as the terraces might have it

 

”You don’t know what you’re doing”

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39 minutes ago, tribalfusion001 said:

Still waiting for confirmation and I'm not booking any flights to Spain until it's announced. I want to go to Munich next month and possibly Berlin. It's that little Hitler in Edinburgh holding things up!

We will simply put up checkpoints on the border to keep the contagion out then you can do whatever you like elsewhere. 

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Just now, tribalfusion001 said:

Just been banned on The Guardian for calling Sturgeon a retard. She should stop meddling in UK government matters.

you were probably banned for being too kind to her. The woman is a chancer and thinks she can get Independence by screwing up the whole of the UK's post Covid plans.  She may yet be proved right.  

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2 minutes ago, Pilotman said:

you were probably banned for being too kind to her. The woman is a chancer and thinks she can get Independence by screwing up the whole of the UK's post Covid plans.  She may yet be proved right.  

The way things are boiling up all over the world I think we heading for revolutions and civil wars.

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1 minute ago, RuamRudy said:

Not her concern, nor should it be. 

It's the UK that arranges what countries are safe, not her. The UK government is in Westminster. Is she going to pay for the travel industry that is on it's knees. These stupid restrictions need to end.

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6 minutes ago, tribalfusion001 said:

It's the UK that arranges what countries are safe, not her. The UK government is in Westminster. Is she going to pay for the travel industry that is on it's knees. These stupid restrictions need to end.

Now where's Hadrian when we need him? 

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The US, Russia and Brazil have all been designated as red as a result of their high coronavirus rates, with travellers coming from these countries still required to self isolate for 14 days on arrival

Sweden is also expected to be on the red list.

The Foreign Office will also maintain the ban on all non-essential travel to these destinations. 

https://www.thesun.co.uk/travel/12008312/holidays-air-bridges-quarantine/

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2 minutes ago, RuamRudy said:

This is what she has to say on the matter:

 

"We have sought, as far as possible, a four-nations approach to this issue, but such a policy requires meaningful consultation by the UK Government – something which has so far been lacking" 

 

Either she is lying or the Westminster government is lying. I guess it's up to each of us to decide who has form when it comes to twisting the truth. 

She is a trouble maker and wanted a bespoke plan for Scotland. She seems to think that Scotland will be covid free soon, get real.

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9 minutes ago, RuamRudy said:

This is what she has to say on the matter:

 

"We have sought, as far as possible, a four-nations approach to this issue, but such a policy requires meaningful consultation by the UK Government – something which has so far been lacking" 

 

Either she is lying or the Westminster government is lying. I guess it's up to each of us to decide who has form when it comes to twisting the truth. 

AFAIK all Sturgeon could do is prevent people entering Scotland from outside the UK, so flying into England, Wales or NI is nothing to do with the mealy-mouthed nasty little witch. Anybody get the idea that I don't like her?

IMO, she needs to be reminded that it's the UNITED KINGDOM and, as someone said above, important decisions should be take by the idiots in Whitehall not the idiots in Holyrood (we have a better class of idiocy in England, you know)

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6 minutes ago, RuamRudy said:

This is what she has to say on the matter:

 

"We have sought, as far as possible, a four-nations approach to this issue, but such a policy requires meaningful consultation by the UK Government – something which has so far been lacking" 

 

Either she is lying or the Westminster government is lying. I guess it's up to each of us to decide who has form when it comes to twisting the truth. 

their mouths are moving, so they are all lying. 

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3 minutes ago, Pilotman said:

their mouths are moving, so they are all lying. 

Abso-f***ing-lutely!!!!!!!!!!!!

And we criticize the Thai government! Glass houses....meet stones!

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1 minute ago, robblok said:

Not sure why the UK had a quarantine, they are one of the worst hit countries. I mean they don't have to worry about importing cases as they are the leader in cases already. 

Not any more mate - look at the USA!

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