Jonathan Fairfield Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks on during a visit at Leeds General Infirmary, in Leeds, Britain October 2, 2021. Christopher Furlong/Pool via REUTERS LONDON, Oct 2 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will open up more countries for hotel quarantine-free travel later this week, The Sunday Telegraph reported, saying that the UK's "red list" of destinations would be slashed to nine from 54. Fully vaccinated arrivals from countries including South Africa, Brazil, Mexico and Indonesia will no longer have to quarantine in a government-designated hotel for 10 days when they get to England from later in October, the newspaper said. The changes are set to be announced on Thursday, and will likely result in a surge of bookings, boosting airlines and travel companies that have been brought to their knees during the pandemic. The country's hotel quarantine policy for higher risk countries costs 2,285 pounds ($3,095) per adult, deterring global travel. Britain is already planning to relax its travel rules from Oct. 4 by scrapping its amber list for medium risk destinations and no longer requiring fully vaccinated passengers to take a COVID-19 test before they arrive in the country from places not on the red list. The government has said that from later in October, arrivals in England will no longer have to take a PCR test two days after arrival and can instead opt for the cheaper lateral flow test. ($1 = 0.7383 pounds) -- © Copyright Reuters 2021-10-03 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 2long Posted October 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2021 Will Thailand make the cut? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canopus1969 Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 3 minutes ago, 2long said: Will Thailand make the cut? 555 what do you think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James105 Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 10 minutes ago, 2long said: Will Thailand make the cut? From the article: "Thailand could also become a quarantine-free destination, but was said to be a “more marginal call”. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post smedly Posted October 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2021 11 minutes ago, 2long said: Will Thailand make the cut? I doubt it, they are not doing enough testing and more important genome testing looking for dangerous mutations which Thailand is at high risk of developing because of their failed vaccine program - mixing stuff - 75% dose reduction - unapproved method of administration it is quite a catalog of failures and poor choices 3 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKKBike09 Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Fingers crossed. But they have Beta down in the South and that, on top of the other deficiencies, could be enough to keep Thailand on. It all (hotel quarantine) seems pretty pointless now. Pre-departure and 1 x post arrival test should be enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deli Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 2 hours ago, 2long said: Will Thailand make the cut? You mean the chop job ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wombat Posted October 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2021 Southpark called it correctly 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukrules Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, BKKBike09 said: Fingers crossed. But they have Beta down in the South and that, on top of the other deficiencies, could be enough to keep Thailand on. It all (hotel quarantine) seems pretty pointless now. Pre-departure and 1 x post arrival test should be enough. This is the reason the article I read yesterday suggested that some countries will remain on the list - anywhere that's got the Beta variant, the one from South Africa - that's what they're looking out for and it mentioned Thailand specifically. Edited October 3, 2021 by ukrules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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