The UK’s Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has confirmed the Brits favorite holiday destination, the Maldives being added to England's red list countries. In addition to the Maldives, Turkey, and Nepal have also been added to England's red list countries.
Anyone returning to the UK from England's red list countries will be required to stay in a mandatory quarantine hotel in the Uk, forking out the £1,750 cost themselves. Which will be effective from 4 am on Wednesday, May 12.
"Today marks the first step in our cautious return to international travel, with measures designed above all else to protect public health and ensure we don’t throw away the hard-fought gains we’ve all strived to earn this year,” said Grant Shapps. "This is a new way of doing things, and people should expect travel to be different this summer – with longer checks at the borders, as part of tough measures to prevent new strains of the virus from entering the country and putting our fantastic vaccine rollout at risk."
Anyone returning to the UK from England's red list countries will be required to stay in a mandatory quarantine hotel in the Uk, forking out the £1,750 cost themselves. Which will be effective from 4 am on Wednesday, May 12.
"Today marks the first step in our cautious return to international travel, with measures designed above all else to protect public health and ensure we don’t throw away the hard-fought gains we’ve all strived to earn this year,” said Grant Shapps. "This is a new way of doing things, and people should expect travel to be different this summer – with longer checks at the borders, as part of tough measures to prevent new strains of the virus from entering the country and putting our fantastic vaccine rollout at risk."
