Belgium, Bahamas and Andorra taken off travel corridor list

Tuesday, 06 Aug, 2020 0

The UK government has advised against all but essential travel to Andorra, Belgium and the Bahamas, while the destinations have also been taken off the government’s ‘travel corridor’ list.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said anyone arriving from one of the three destinations from 04:00 on 8 August will have to self-isolate for 14 days.

Brunei and Malaysia have been added to the government’s travel corridor list following a decrease in confirmed cases of coronavirus.

From 04:00 on Tuesday 11 August 2020, passengers arriving to England from these destinations will no longer need to self-isolate, so long as they haven’t been in or transited through any other non-exempt countries in the 14 days preceding their arrival.

See the latest travel corridor information here.

And see the latest Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) global advisory against non-essential travel here.

Meanwhile, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has warned the government won’t hesitate to remove more countries from its travel corridor list if coronavirus rates rise.

There are concerns France could be next to be removed from the ‘safe list’ after it recorded its highest number of Covid-19 cases in over two months.

By Lisa James, Deputy Editor (UK)

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Lisa

Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.

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