Many holidaymakers celebrated not having to self-isolate, but some were left regretting they had cut their trip short.
And that's because the expectation for days was that England would also impose quarantine.
And that led people who simply had to avoid it to cut short holidays, spend a fortune on flights, and split up families.Coronavirus in the UK: How many have died or tested positive where you live - and where the latest h He went ahead of his wife and children but they cancelled their flights out because they were convinced they would have to quarantine on the way back and the kids needed to go back to school.
Wider family members did arrive in Portugal but got nervous and spent hundreds of pounds changing their tickets to escape before any quarantine announcement.Why countries are added to UK quarantine listShe was worried about self-isolation when she got back to England because it would interfere with her training.But it turns out her father and three bothers had flown back-paying extra for tickets - cutting precious family time short.
The days of uncertainty running up to the announcement had created nervousness and a degree of panic, and led some people to feel they couldn't take the chance of being confined to home in England for two weeks.
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