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Travel restrictions reduced the spread of the virus, but because they were first implemented after community spread had established in several countries in distant parts of the world—they produced only a modest reduction in the total number of people infected. Travel restrictions may be most important at the start and end of the pandemic. [3]
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/568) is a statutory instrument (SI) made on 2 June 2020 by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The regulations aimed to reduce the possibility of infection spreading from travellers ...
By mid-April the peak had been passed and restrictions were gradually eased. A second wave, with a new variant that originated in the UK becoming dominant, began in the autumn and peaked in mid-January 2021, and was deadlier than the first. The UK started a COVID-19 vaccination programme in early December 2020. Generalised restrictions were ...
The country's travel restrictions are set to ease even as coronavirus case counts are rising. More than 444,000 people in the U.K. tested positive over the last seven days, up 48% from the week ...
The travel industry has, predictably, welcomed the easing of restrictions. But some other major nations retain strict Covid rules. These are the key questions and answers.
Scotland has become the latest UK nation to delay the easing of coronavirus measures. Changes to current restriction levels are being postponed until mid-July amid a rise in Covid-19 cases, with ...
The COVID-19 threat level system was introduced, and the "Stay Home" phase was announced to be equivalent to Level 4 (where 1 meant "COVID-19 is not known to be present in the UK", and 5 meant "The circulation of COVID-19 is high and rising exponentially and there is a material risk of healthcare being overwhelmed"). [citation needed]
A growing number of nations have banned flights from the UK in a bid to stop a mutant strain of coronavirus crossing their borders. – Which European countries have banned flights from the UK ...