Overseas Visitors: Coronavirus

(asked on 10th June 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing exemptions to the Government's 14 day quarantine requirement for visitors to the UK who can prove that they have tested negative for covid-19 within the last seven days.


Answered by
Nadine Dorries Portrait
Nadine Dorries
This question was answered on 23rd June 2020

The purpose of these measures is to manage the risk of transmissions being introduced from abroad. Testing before or at the border is currently not a part of these measures as the 14-day incubation period for COVID-19 could result in false negatives and undetected asymptomatic travellers entering the UK. The regulations will be reviewed on 29 June to ensure they are in line with the latest scientific evidence and remain effective and necessary.

Visitors entering the United Kingdom from outside of the Common Travel Area are required to self-isolate for the first 14 days on their arrival. However, an individual may leave the place where they are self-isolating for compassionate reasons, including attending a funeral of a close family member or close friend, or to attend to a terminally ill relative.

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