Will this make summer holidays an option?
this summer? If so, you might be disappointed to learn that as of Monday, [JUNE 8] anyone arriving into the UK will have to quarantine for two weeks to reduce the risk of spreading coronavirus.
Home Secretary Priti Patel recently laid out the new travel plans, despite the fact that at the moment theThe quarantine rules apply to everyone arriving into the UK by plane, ferry or train, including Brits returning to the country. Road hauliers, farm workers and medical officials are exempt, but everyone else will be expected to self-isolate for 14 days.
and Zoom meetings back home. The difference between early lockdown and now being that under current guidelines, people in England are allowed to meet with friends at a social distance and enjoy picnics and BBQs.A glimmer of hope for wannabe holidaymakers is that some European countries are discussing the creation of air bridges with the UK, which means allowing quarantine-free travel between two specific destinations.
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