Coronavirus: UK allows quarantine-free entry from some countries, India, US excluded
London/IBNS: In a new travel advisory, the United Kingdom on Friday informed that passengers from 59 international destinations can enter the country without the need to quarantine themselves excluding the United States and India among others.
The UK Foreign Office Travel Advisory related to India remains unchanged as it advises British nationals to avoid "all non-essential international travel".
The UK government has issued a list of 59 destinations which now pose ''a reduced risk'' from coronavirus.
The new rule will be applicable from July 10.
Passengers entering England from Canada, the US and much of Central or South America will have to go for 14-days quarantine.
India along with other Asian, African and Middle East countries have been excluded from the list of exemptions.
The full list of exempted destinations is:
Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Croatia, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Malta, Mauritius, Monaco, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Réunion, San Marino, Serbia, Seychelles, South Korea, Spain, St Barthélemy, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Pierre and Miquelon, Switzerland, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Vatican City, Vietnam.
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