Qatar, Madeira, and the Caribbean island of Aruba are among the newest places to join the UK government’s no-go list and they lost their ” Travel Corridor ” status, On Thursday night announcement come from the Department for Transport (DfT),
As well as the Foreign Office warns against non-essential journey to every destination, “based mostly on the present assessment of Covid-19 risks”.
The Azores, Chile, and the Dutch Caribbean islands of Bonaire, St Eustatius, and Saba have also been stripped of their travel corridor status.
The common weekly modifications to the government’s quarantine list had been somewhat overshadowed by the outright travel ban imposed on Portugal, Cape Verde, and 13 Latin American nations on Thursday afternoon. All flights have been canceled indefinitely.
The modifications for Madeira and the Azores are a part of the outright prohibition on travel from Portugal, which was a result of the “strong links” it has with Brazil.
Chile, together with the rest of the South American continent, also has a sudden ban on a journey from the UK,
Qatar’s capital, Doha, is a key Gulf hub for flight transfers and has a big British expatriate community. The UAE was added to the UK’s no-go list on Monday after a big number of coronavirus infections had been imported from Dubai.
The measure for Qatar takes impact from 4 am on Saturday, making it feasible for individuals there to travel to the UK on Friday.
Qatar Airways has 4 flights from Doha to Heathrow airport, one to Gatwick and two to Manchester. One-way tickets are available at £576 to London and £703 to Manchester.
The list of quarantine-free nations is shrinking by the week. Whereas Finland, Iceland, and Norway are still included, all of them currently exclude British travelers.
Locations that may be accessed relatively simply from the UK comprise the Caribbean islands of Antigua, Barbados, Cuba, and St Lucia; Bahrain and Saudi Arabia within the Middle East; and various British Abroad Territories together with Bermuda.
Quite a few nations in Asia and the Pacific region have travel corridor status, together with Australia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam.
However, entry restrictions make them out of bounds for British holidaymakers
