Somalia and Ethiopia will be added to the red list countries-uk

[Ahlubayt]

Ethiopia (will be added to the list 4am Friday 19 March)

Somalia (will be added to the list 4am Friday 19 March).

Uk British travellers is ilaaliya.
You will have to pay £1700 to quarantine for 10 days in a government approved hotels.

[Withdrawn] Travel to England from another country – COVID-19 rules

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www.gov.uk

 

[Calaf]

Covid-19: Portugal removed from England's travel ban list

Ethiopia, Oman, Somalia and Qatar will be added when changes come into force at 04:00 GMT on Friday.

www.bbc.co.uk

It means returning travellers will be able to quarantine at home, rather than in a hotel at a cost of £1,750.
But Ethiopia, Oman, Somalia and Qatar will be added to the travel ban list.

The "red list" is part of travel regulations aimed at stopping Covid variants entering the country.

After the changes come into force, British and Irish citizens or residents arriving in England from Ethiopia, Oman, Somalia and Qatar will have to quarantine in a government-approved hotel for 10 days, and any other visitors will be refused entry.

A ban on commercial and private planes travelling from Oman, Ethiopia and Qatar will also come into force on Friday to reduce the risk of importing "variants of concern".

In a statement, the Department for Transport added that Portugal had been removed from the red list, including Madeira and the Azores, following evidence that showed the risk of importing a variant "had reduced".

 

[Calaf]

@Grigori Rasputin, don't let this catch you out later on, UK is the bench mark for the US.

I myself, have fallen victim to it, with no chance of changing my route or tickets, meaning I face 10 days of isolation and a bill of £1750

 

[TheReal_SMM]

Great news.

 

[Villainess]

As they should

 

[Calaf]

Great news.

Ethiopia and Qatar as well, closing 2 major routes from MGQ to London. Only Turkey left. UK Somalis stuck in Somalia got till Friday to return or face a £1750 bill in a Hotel near LHR. Damn.

 

[Sheikh Kulkuli]

Somalis will just go to Kenya or Ethiopia and book another ticket.

 

[Calaf]

Somalis will just go to Kenya or Ethiopia and book another ticket.

Ethiopia is also in the list, and so is Qatar, and Kenya right now doesn't have direct flight to MGQ as frequent as before. Also, lying about where you visited can get you fined or sentenced up to 10 year in prison. Firming that hotel bill or coming before Friday is now the only solution.

 

[gurey]

I wanted to go somalia in Ramadan but something came up not related to covid. Man its getting soo restrictive with these rules. Tbf lots of covid deaths in somalia rn with no lockdowns or useful purposeful hospitals I can see why UK did this.

 

[Sheikh Kulkuli]

Ethiopia is also in the list, and so is Qatar, and Kenya right now doesn't have direct flight to MGQ as frequent as before. Also, lying about where you visited can get you fined or sentenced up to 10 year in prison. Firming that hotel bill or coming before Friday is now the only solution.

Why was Somalia added?

 

[Calaf]

Why was Somalia added?

High cases on return, risk of taking the new variant from and to the UK, also a lot of Somalis fail to commit to the self isolation at home.

 

[Sheikh Kulkuli]

High cases on return, risk of taking the new variant from and to the UK, also a lot of Somalis fail to commit to the self isolation at home.

They added it just when Ramadhan is close.
So it seems Kenya and Ethiopia will join the list sooner or later.

 

[Calaf]

They added it just when Ramadhan is close.
So it seems Kenya and Ethiopia will join the list sooner or later.

Bro, Ethiopia is joining the list as well. Basically cutting off Ethiopian Airlines coming in to London. Qatar is in it too. Which is also blocking the flights to Somalia from UK. The only way you can go Somalia now is by Turkey or by Kenya. Kenya has a 60 day curfew which seems to lower the cases down and thus allows them not to be on the list.