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07/12/2021
Travellers arriving in the UK must now have evidence of a negative result from a Covid-19 test taken in the two days before their departure.
If your journey begins on a Friday, you could take the test any time on the Wednesday, Thursday or Friday.
Lateral flow tests are accepted, which are cheaper and quicker than PCR tests.
NHS tests cannot be used for international travel. You must purchase a test from a private company.
You may not be able to board your transport to the UK.
The Department for Transport said anyone who does arrive in England without evidence of a negative test could be fined £500.
Your transport provider is highly unlikely to allow you to board if you inform them you have tested positive.
You will be required to follow the rules for positive coronavirus cases in the country you are in, which will probably involve finding accommodation at short notice.
If you travel abroad in the coming days you face spending Christmas overseas if you test positive.
Only a handful. They are Ireland, the Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey, the Falkland Islands, St Helena, Ascension Island and Ethiopia.
The latter is on the list due to the security situation there.
The Department for Transport said children aged 11 and under do not have to take a test before travelling to England.
Older people do not need to get tested if they are travelling to the UK for urgent medical treatment – or accompanying someone travelling for treatment – and it is “not reasonably practical” to be tested.
People are also exempt if they have a medical condition which means they cannot take a test, but they must present a note from a medical practitioner when they check in with their transport provider and when they arrive in England.
People do not need a pre-departure test when arriving in England if they do a limited range of jobs, such as aircraft pilot or crew, Eurostar worker, international lorry driver or defence personnel.
Even fully vaccinated arrivals must now take a post-arrival PCR test, and self-isolate until they get a negative result.
You must continue to purchase two post-arrival PCR tests, and self-isolate for 10 days.
You must order it from a company listed on the Government’s website, but there are long-standing complaints that some firms have misleading prices and poor service.
The list was scrapped in October, but later resurrected due to fears over the new Omicron variant.
On Monday, Nigeria became the 11th country to be added. All the countries are in Africa.
Arrivals from destinations on the list must spend 10 days in a quarantine hotel at a cost of £2,285 for solo travellers.
Some UK holidaymakers were already in red list countries when the announcement was made, meaning they have unexpectedly been required to enter a quarantine hotel on their return.
UK travel bosses are frustrated that new rules have been imposed just weeks after restrictions were eased, and before the impact of Omicron is fully understood.
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