Covid: People arriving in UK from mainland Greece will need to isolate
People arriving in the UK from mainland Greece will need to self-isolate for two weeks from 04:00 on Saturday, the transport secretary has said.
The rules will not apply to the Greek islands of Corfu, Crete, Rhodes, Kos and Zakynthos, Grant Shapps said.
Travellers from Qatar, the UAE, Laos and the Turks and Caicos Islands will no longer need to quarantine.
Bahrain, Chile, Iceland and Cambodia will also be exempt from isolation rules.
The Department for Transport (DfT) said data had shown “a consistent increase” in newly reported cases in Greece over the past fortnight, with a 136% increase in new cases to 16,429 between 5 and 12 November from 6,965 between 22 and 29 October.
It added the islands of Corfu, Crete, Rhodes, Zakynthos and Kos had not seen as significant a growth in cases over recent weeks as the rest of Greece and therefore quarantining was not required.
The UAE, Qatar, Turks & Caicos islands, Laos, Iceland, Cambodia, Chile and Bahrain were also seen as “posing a lower infection risk”, a statement said.
Denmark was cut from the UK's safe list last week after a mutated strain of Covid-19 was found to have spread to humans from mink.
Mr Shapps said the UK's travel ban on non-UK citizens arriving from Denmark would be extended for a further 14 days.
UK citizens can return from the country – but will have to isolate along with all members of their household for 14 days.
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