News about the Uk Travel Restriction has been popping up for a while now, and many seem not to understand the ground rules and the factors that determine the quarantining of a particular country, and the exempt of another with respect to the united kingdom.

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People entering the UK from Turkey and Poland from Saturday must self-isolate for two weeks.
They join other popular destinations on the quarantine list, including Spain, France, and parts of Greece and Portugal. And the fine for repeatedly breaking the self-isolation rules in England has increased to £10,000.

WHO DECIDES THE QUARANTINE LIST?? -

The quarantine list is decided by the Joint Biosecurity Centre (JBC) - set up by the government to monitor coronavirus - works with the chief medical officers of each UK nation and advises on which destinations should be on the list.

HOW IS THE QUARANTINE DECISION MADE?

The decision is often made when 20 or more people out of every 100,000 in a country, or island, are infected over seven days, but other factors are also considered. These include:

1. the estimated proportion of the population that is currently infectious
2. trends in the number of cases and deaths
3. information on a country's testing capacity
4. how much the virus has spread, including clusters of cases and the level of transmission in the community

Most people entering the UK from overseas have to quarantine unless the country is on the list of exempt ''travel corridors''.Many countries have lost their travel corridor status and are back on the quarantine list.

COUNTRIES ON THE LIST -

Europe:

1. Andorra
2. Austria
3. Belgium
4. Croatia
5. Czech Republic
6. Denmark
7. France
8. Gibraltar (Wales)
9. Greece (Scotland)

10. Greek islands Lesvos, Tinos, Serifos, Mykonos, Crete, Santorini and Zakynthos (Zante) (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
11. Iceland
12. Netherlands
13. Malta
14. Monaco
15. Hungary
16. Luxembourg
17. Poland (04:00 BST Saturday)
18. Portugal (Scotland)
19. Mainland Portugal (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
20. Slovakia
21. Slovenia
22. Spain
23. Switzerland
24. Turkey (04:00 BST Saturday)

Caribbean:

1. Aruba
2. The Bahamas
3. Bonaire
4. Curaçao
5. Guadeloupe
6. Jamaica
7. Saba
8. St Eustatius
9. Trinidad and Tobago / Turks and Caicos.

The United Kingdom has announced an Increase in Fine for covid -19 travel offenders, and the recently the addition of Poland & Turkey to it's quarantine list. This happened after the emergence of 6,914 coronavirus cases and 59 deaths on Thursday.

Announcing the changes to the quarantine list, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said data from Poland showed that "test positivity has nearly doubled increasing from 3.9% to 5.8% alongside a rapid increase in weekly cases".

Poland's was added to the list due to an increase in infection rate. Poland reported 25.9 coronavirus cases per 100,000 people, up from 15.6. Arrivals from the Caribbean islands of Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba. While Turkey was added over concerns about the way the country reports its covid19 data.

Fines for the first offence of failing to self-isolate when required will start at £1,000, before increasing to £2,000, then £4,000 up to a maximum of[b] £10,000[/b].


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