Visitors to the UK from countries like Spain must not only show a "negative" PCR carried out
in the last 72 hours
, but undergo two other consecutive Covid tests on the second day and the eighth after arrival, and isolate a total of ten days, regardless of the test result.
The Spanish, or the British from Spain, can in any case be considered lucky compared to Portugal, Brazil or South Africa.
Visitors from the 33 countries on the "red list" will be isolated for 10 days in hotels upon arrival and will have to pay the equivalent of 2,000 euros for medical tests, transfer and stay behind closed doors (which could be extended for another 10 days if they test positive).
So far the restrictions announced by Health Secretary
Matt Hancock
, who assured that "border control" will from now on be an absolute priority due to the risk of the appearance of "worrying variants" of the Coronavirus.
The "Australian" measures to be implemented by the United Kingdom as of February 15 are among the most severe in Europe, having lagged behind for much of the pandemic.
"I am not going to apologize for the introduction of these measures," stressed Hancock, who anticipated fines of 1,100 euros "for not taking the mandatory Covid tests" (you will have to register "online" before taking the flight) and 11,000 euros for violating the quarantine in hotel rooms.
The Health Secretary warned that passengers who lie about their place of origin could face penalties of up to 10 years in jail.
Hancock did not specify how long the measures will be in effect.
At the moment, 4,600 rooms will be available in 16 hotels, although the capacity could be expanded, as will possibly new countries join the "red list."
"We would like to get out of this situation as soon as practicable," stressed the Secretary of Health, who confirmed that Covid cases have fallen 47% in the last two weeks, although the number of deaths is already 113,000 and the total infected is close to four million.
More than 12 million Britons have been vaccinated to date.
The conservative
Huw Merriman
brought to the fore the confusion that up to now there has been about the entry restrictions into the country and that in his opinion will continue to exist with the new rules: "If someone tests negative on the fifth day, will he be able to interact with his community and will have to take another test on the eighth day, and maybe go back to quarantine? "
Labor
Stepen Doughty
openly questioned "the logic" used for the new system and the criteria to include countries such as the United Arab Emirates (with less than a thousand deaths from Covid and more than 20% of the vaccinated population) or Central African nations with a very high incidence. lower than the UK.
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