The official said the mandate requiring all international travelers landing in the UK to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test result upon their arrival.
All travelers flying to the UK must take a coronavirus test 72 hours before arrival. The news comes as more countries tighten travel restrictions as COVID business continues to escalate with a new infectious strain brought back to England.
The UK extends its travel ban without proof of negative COVID tests until 15 February. (AP Photo / Max Duncan)
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“This urgent action is a response to growing concerns about the transmissibility and virulence of new strains developing internationally. It will also ensure that the government can protect the progress of the country’s vaccination program,” the UK Department of Transport said. a statement on his website.
“This step will be supported by increased enforcement, both at the border and across the UK, with the border force increasing the number of checks on passengers entering the country,” the statement continued.
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Travelers will be screened for a negative COVID test upon arrival in the UK and could be fined more than $ 600, Prime Minister Boris Johnson told a news conference as reported by the BBC. Passengers will have to be quarantined for another 10 days.
UK travelers must show negative test COVID-19 at border
England has also banned people from entering more than a dozen countries, including several South American countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Uruguay, along with Portugal and Cape Verde, following a new variant of the virus that was found in Brazil. Travelers who have left the listed countries in the past ten days will not have access to the UK, officials said.
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The news comes as major airlines begin testing global health gateways, allowing international travelers to upload negative COVID-19 tests to an app. American Airlines on Thursday announced its own mobile passport for health on its app VeriFly to support the new US government order requiring all travelers to fly to the US to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test.