New Rules for U.K. Travel Officially Come Into Effect
byDaniel McCarthy/
The new rules for inbound travel to the United Kingdom have officially gone live.
Because of concerns over the Omicron variant, all travelers aged 12-years and older coming into the U.K will have to show proof of a negative COVID-19 PCR or antigen test taken within 2 days of departure of their final flight into the U.K.
At the same time, all vaccinated travelers must pre-book a post-arrival test no more than two days after arrival and self-isolate until they receive a negative test. All unvaccinated travelers must do the same along with an additional test on day 8 and a 10-day isolation period instead of two.
The requirements are in place regardless of vaccination status or citizenship.
The rules are largely seen as one of the only tools that the U.K. has to slow the spread of Omicron, which already total above 330 as of Tuesday according to Britain’s Health Minister Sajid Javid. Javid, who spoke to the British Parliament this week, said that none of the cases are linked to international travel so "we can conclude there is now community transmission across multiple regions of England."
英国目前正处于自奥米克隆(Omicron)命名之前发生的Covid-19案件中的上升。根据Worldometers的报道,截至去年5月缩小到不到2,000的每日新案例已达到45,000例。自春末低点以来,英国一直处于上升趋势。