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.
同时,所有接种疫苗的旅行者必须在到达后不超过两天,并自隔离后进行预订,直到他们接受阴性测试。所有未接种的旅行者都必须在第8天和10天的隔离期(而不是两个)进行额外的测试,而不是两个。
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。