UK lift travel restrictions for 60 countries

After more than two months of lockdown, English citizens can finally visit other countries without having to self-isolate for 14 days.

The government has released a full list of countries English holidaymakers can travel to without having to self-isolate upon their return.

Quarantine restrictions for people returning to or visiting England from those 59 countries will be lifted from Friday 10 July next week.

Just to clear from the beginning, US, Portugal and Sweden are not included on the list.

Under the lifted restrictions, passengers from the approved countries – which will be kept “under constant review” – will still be required to provide contact information on arrival in England.

Grant Shapps (Secretary of State for Transport) said: “The entire nation has worked tirelessly to get to this stage, therefore safety must remain our watch word and we will not hesitate to move quickly to protect ourselves if infection rates rise in countries we are reconnecting with.”

He also use the word “British” but those rules only apply to England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will set their own rules.

Here is the full list with countries included in the “air bridges”:

Andorra

Antigua

Barbuda

Aruba

Australia

Austria

Bahamas

Barbados

Belgium

Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba

Croatia

Curacao

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Dominica

Faroe Islands

Fiji

Finland

France

French Polynesia

Germany

Greece

Greenland

Grenada

Guadeloupe

Hong Kong

Hungary

Iceland

Italy

Jamaica

Japan

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Macau

Malta

Mauritius

Monaco

Netherlands

New Caledonia

New Zealand

Norway

Poland

Reunion

San Marino

Serbia

Seychelles

South Korea

Spain

St. Barthélemy

St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Lucia

St. Pierre and Miquelon

Switzerland

Taiwan

Trinidad and Tobago

Turkey

Vatican City

Vietnam

In this list, the 14 British Overseas Territories will also be exempt from quarantine measurements according to gov.uk.

More countries will be added on this list the following weeks, make sure to subscribe so you can be updated right away.

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