BVI AMONG COUNTRIES EXEMPTED FROM ISOLATING ON ARRIVAL IN THE UK
Written by Fuze Team on July 7, 2020
People from the British Virgin Islands travelling to the United Kingdom (UK) will not be required to self-isolate on arrival as is mandated in the British government’s COVID-19 protocols.
The BVI was among several countries listed yesterday among a “travel corridor” of countries and territories exempted from the particular self-isolation rule established to protect Britons from the deadly virus.
The notice appearing on the UK government website said: “You do not have to self-isolate on arrival in England if these are the only places you have been to or stopped in during the previous 14 days.
The notice says from 10 July 2020, unless persons have visited or stopped in any other country or territory in the preceding 14 days, passengers arriving from the following countries and territories will not be required to self-isolate on arrival.
It added the government was “satisfied that it is now safe to ease these measures in England and has introduced travel corridor exemption for some countries”.
The alphabetical list of 59 exempted countries includes 11 in the Caribbean, among which are Dominica, St Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda and Trinidad and Tobago. Also exempted are the 14 British Overseas Territories which include Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, the Falkland Islands, and Montserrat.
