Mainland Greece placed on quarantine list - with Iceland and UAE removed

12 November 2020

Travellers returning to the UK from mainland Greece will now have to self-isolate for two weeks, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has confirmed.

The measures will come in to force from 4am on Saturday, the minister said this afternoon.

Only the islands of Corfu, Crete, Rhodes, Zakynthos and Kos maintain their exemption from quarantine requirements.

Meanwhile, several countries have been taken off the UK's quarantine list - so travellers will not have to self-isolate for two weeks upon arrival in the UK.

Crete remains off the quarantine list
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They are: UAE, Qatar, Turks and Caicos, Iceland, Laos, Cambodia, Chile and Bahrain.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps Tweeted: "The travel ban on DENMARK will also be EXTENDED for a further 14 days. A reminder that under the current restrictions, travel outside of the home, with the exception of a limited number of reasons including work or education, is not permitted.

"Latest data also means we have to REMOVE all of GREECE apart from Corfu, Crete, Rhodes, Zakynthos and Kos from the #TravelCorridor list. From 4am Saturday 14th November, if you arrive into the UK from this destination you will need to self-isolate."

Technically, international travel from England has been banned since 5 November  - when the second national lockdown came in to force.  Travel for work is allowed under the restrictions.

Greece was put under national lockdown from 7 November. It has suffered a sharpe rise in Coronavirus cases in the past fortnight.

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