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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Jessica Sansome

More locations added and removed from government's safe travel corridor list

More destinations have been added to the government's safe travel corridor list, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced.

It includes Bhutan, Timor-Leste, Mongolia, Aruba and the following Pacific Islands: Samoa, Kiribati, Micronesia, Tonga, Vanuata and Soloman Islands.

People arriving in the UK from those locations will be exempt from the 14-day quarantine requirement from 4am on Saturday (November 28).

Estonia and Latvia have been removed from the travel corridor list.

From 4am Saturday 28th November, if you arrive into the UK from these destinations you will need to self-isolate for 14 days.

Mr Shapps also announced that the total travel ban on Denmark will be lifted, however, the country will remain OFF the government's Travel Corridor list.

This change also becomes active at 4am on Saturday.

The new rule applies to England only as the devolved nations of Scotland, Wales, and Norther Ireland have their own quarantine lists.

During the national lockdown in England, people can no longer travel to take holidays or travel internationally unless for work or other legally permitted reasons.

However, from next Wednesday (December 2), each area in England will be placed back into a strengthened tier system.

This means that there are the new rules around travel and holidays for those living in England when the national lockdown is lifted.

In Tier 1, 2 and 3 international travel will be permitted, subject to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office travel advice for your destination and the travel corridors list.

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