Estonia and Latvia added to quarantine list, with some long-haul removals

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• Save East Coast Rewards says:

  26 Nov26 November 18:00

  There’s no quarantine list to be added to, they’ve been removed from the corridor list!
  The default is self isolation with a whitelist of exceptions.

• Super Secret Stuff says:

  26 Nov26 November 18:01

  “Saturday 28st November”, might want to change that to 28th.

  Finally I can do my trip! Timor leste, Micronesia and Vanuatu! Lol. Does kind of show a sensible local approach can be efficient.

  • Denis says:

    26 Nov26 November 18:15

    And Latvia, not Lativa =)

• ChrisC says:

  26 Nov26 November 18:07

  Anyone recommend things to do in Copenhagen and environs ….

  • Peter K says:

    26 Nov26 November 21:55

    Not that much to be honest. Visit Malmö in Sweden 😂
    Stayed for a week in 2017. The little mermaid statue and Nyhavn are good for a brief gander and photo op.
    Tivoli gardens is again quite interesting. Several places like that.
    Overall it’s a place to visit for the feel of it rather than the stunning tourist attractions I felt.

    • IO says:

      26 Nov26 November 22:09

      The little mermaid was the most underwhelming thing I have ever seen.

    • The real John says:

      27 Nov27 November 05:34

      Oh come on, that’s like saying there was not much to do in London. Visit the migrant camps in Calais 🙂 The Emirates cable car is good for a brief gander and photo op. Chessington World of Adventures is quite interesting.

      • The real John says:

        27 Nov27 November 05:47

        OK I suppose if you are going in December there is less to do in Copenhagen, it’s better to go in summer, and maybe some stuff that would still be open is covid-closed. There are Christmas markets but they may have been cancelled.

  • The real John says:

    27 Nov27 November 05:52

    4 or 5 palaces (some in the city some quite far out but maybe 1 is enough unless you are really into them) Kronborg castle (better in summer when they have interactive performances of Hamlet), canal tours, Freetown Christiana, Louisiana art museum (outdoors), zoo, aquarium, many other museums, Saltholm / Bornholm / Wem islands, in Sweden walk around Malmö, Lund (astronomical clock), Landskrona (castle), Helsingborg.

    But December is not the best time to go, weather is like Scotland

  • Jill (Kinkell) says:

    27 Nov27 November 09:11

    Carl’s berg brewery, Glyptotek museum, Rosenborg, Fredericksborg Palaces, There’s a lot to see and do in Copenhagen…Get your tourist books out and check out Tripadvisor. It’s a lovely place…worked there for 2 years

    • Polly says:

      27 Nov27 November 11:09

      Can spend hours in the Glyptotek, their cafe is in the most beautiful setting. Food lovely. Our fav place in COH. Lovely,place to walk around, cold now tho.

• Toomanylogins says:

  26 Nov26 November 19:39

  Can anyone point me towards advice on transfers via the UK? I am trying to find if it is possible to fly from Spain to the London and to transfer the same day to a flight to India. Is this possible either between terminals at Heathrow or between arriving at Gatwick and departing from Heathrow?
  Thanks in advance!

  • 1ATL says:

    26 Nov26 November 19:43

    Yes you can transfer at “the London” no problem. Fill out your UK arrival locator form as normal and just complete your address as ‘in transit’. You’ll be able to transfer airside, landside and between airports without issue.

    • Toomanylogins says:

      26 Nov26 November 20:16

      That’s really useful, thanks for the quick reply!

• Simon Schus says:

  26 Nov26 November 19:49

  I am a little lost by an interaction between the proposed COVID Local restriction tiers in England and the self-isolation requirements outlined in the relevant statutory instrument.

  Specifically, the COVID Local restriction Tier 2 appear to indicate that people must not be indoors or stay overnight with anybody outside of their household or support bubble.

  However, the statutory instrument for post-international self-isolation indicates that an international traveler can self-isolate in “the home of a friend or family member” [Requirement to self-isolate, 4(4)b] and that the international traveler does not need to isolate when “from any member of the household of that friend or family member.” [4(8)c].

  I’m not sure which one to go on.

  When the tier system begins again, are my wife and I allowed to self-isolate at my parents’ house in a Tier 2 area after entering the UK from a non-exempt country?

  This would be after December 2nd, so in ‘tier’ land but before December 15th so not covered by the testing out of the self-isolation rules which will go into effect on that latter date. We don’t live in the UK, we don’t have a UK home and use their address for UK-based correspondence but I’m a UK Citizen

  • Pete says:

    26 Nov26 November 21:19

    I admire the detail to which you’ve researched this – I can assure you no one actually cares in practice…

  • abc says:

    26 Nov26 November 21:49

    Probably yes, but no one can say for sure anyway before the new regulations have been published. One way to reconcile the different guidance is that you are considered part of your parent’s household while you’re in the UK.

    • TGLoyalty says:

      26 Nov26 November 22:24

      you are considered part of your parent’s household while you’re in the UK.

      Is pretty much it.

      • Simon Schus says:

        26 Nov26 November 22:57

        Thanks all. I’ve not seen anything formal for the the updated regulations yet. I took a look back at the last tier regulations (on the assumption that the legislation will get extended, and the schedules will get updated prior to December 2nd). It doesn’t really define a ‘household’ anywhere. However, it does refer to a ‘legal obligation’ exception to gathering indoors. I’m assuming that the self-isolation after international travel is deemed a legal obligation, and therefore permits one to gather inside for that very purpose. I’ll keep an eye on when the statutory instrument gets published.

        Thank you for your thoughts.

      • C says:

        27 Nov27 November 00:01

        +1

• Andrew says:

  26 Nov26 November 20:47

  Let’s hope these reports of the US opening up for travellers from U.K. happens in the new year. Be good to start planning some trips again.

• Dev says:

  27 Nov27 November 07:24

  Love the fact that you cannot return from any of the places added onto the exemption list without hitting a country that is subject to quarantine!

  • TGLoyalty says:

    27 Nov27 November 08:42

    Technically if you transit without anyone getting off then back on or anyone new getting on a train/boat/plane you don’t have to quarantine

    private planes are used by some too

• VinZ says:

  27 Nov27 November 10:06

  What is the point of all this? Boss flew from Europe yesterday, I forgot to complete their passenger locator form, nobody asked them at airport. Officially they don’t have to quarantine because nobody would be able to check on them…
  The system is a complete farce.

  • Rich says:

    27 Nov27 November 14:54

    Of course your boss still has to quarantine! The fact that nobody checked their PLR, and that (probably) nobody will ever find out doesn’t absolve him/ her of the requirement!

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