UK removed UAE from travel corridors list amid increase in Covid-19 cases

Britain eliminated the United Arab Emirates from its journey corridors listing following a regarding improve in confirmed Covid-19 instances, the UK Division of Transport mentioned on Monday.

From 4 a.m. Tuesday, travellers arriving in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Eire from the UAE might want to self-isolate for 10 days, the division added.

"The decision has been made following a significant acceleration in the number of imported cases, along with the number of reported new cases over the past seven days, which have risen in the UAE by 52%."

British transport minister Grant Shapps wrote in a tweet that newest knowledge indicated the UAE ought to instantly be faraway from the journey hall listing.

Beneath present guidelines, passengers arriving from all worldwide locations, together with the UAE, are required to current a adverse Covid-19 take a look at taken as much as three days earlier than departing for England or Scotland.

The transfer got here as Prime Minister Boris Johnson mentioned Britain was in "a race against time" to roll out Covid vaccines as deaths hit file highs and hospitals ran out of oxygen, and his prime medical adviser mentioned the pandemic's worst weeks have been imminent.

Final week, Abu Dhabi began Section III scientific trials of Russia's Sputnik V Covid vaccine amid a surge in infections within the UAE.

On Thursday, Britain mentioned it could prolong a ban on travellers coming into England from South Africa to different southern African international locations to forestall the unfold of a variant of the coronavirus recognized in South Africa.

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