The African countries on the red list - and other UK travel rules

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New restrictions are being introduced on travel to the UK from six southern African countries - including South Africa

, which had been cleared of all countries in October.will not be able to enter the UK unless they are UK or Irish nationals, or UK residents.

Flights to the UK from these countries have been suspended until 04:00 GMT on Sunday - when it's hoped quarantine arrangements will be ready.Rates are:Anyone arriving in the UK beforehand, who's been in one of the six countries in the last 10 days, must self-isolate at home for 10 days and take PCR tests on day two and day eight of their quarantine.

Northern Ireland and Scotland are also following the new rules, but hotel quarantine will be in place for arrivals to Scotland from 04:00 GMT on Saturday.There are concerns that a new variant, known as B.1.1.529 - which was identified in southern Africa - may not respond as well to vaccines.What are the UK's travel rules for other countries?Fully vaccinated passengers travelling to the UK from many other countries no longer have to take a Covid test before setting off.

 

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Botswana seems to be steady and lower, just South Africa over the last week escalates

And this Saturday England played SA at Twickenham … no people from SA then?

Enough with this bullshit🤬👊🏻

Maybe time to properly close our borders except for returning UK citizens & I mean close the borders including the ‘dinghy’ route, if this is as serious as they imply then France can keep them after all how many infected countries have they travelled through😡 National security🤷‍♀️

They are doing what they can, but it will arrive at any rate.

Does both vaxed and un-vaxed have to cuaratine or is it only for those not vaxed?

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What about Hong Kong? The new mutation has been found there too. But no flight restrictions placed on Hong Kong. Could it be Hong Kong’s position as a financial centre, a place where big money is made, makes it more important than any risk to public health from coronavirus?

Probably been here for 2 months already knowing our super fast acting government...

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