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Travel restrictions and self-isolation (quarantine) rules have been implemented across the UK since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020 to try and reduce the global spread of COVID-19 and protect the health of the UK public. The range and type of measures have varied over time as the pandemic has evolved. In recent months new ‘variants’ of SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19, have been detected around the world, including in the UK. Some of these, including the UK variant, transmit more easily between people. Concern remains that virus variants could emerge that cause more severe illness, or evade the immunity produced by COVID-19 vaccines.
The current UK travel restrictions are stringent both to avoid new variants being imported into the UK, and to avoid UK travellers exporting the UK variant during international travel.
Travel restrictions and self-isolation (quarantine) rules have been implemented across the UK; different rules apply in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
These rules can change rapidly, travellers should therefore be advised to:
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) provides guidance on travelling abroad, including the latest information on COVID-19 and other non-COVID-19 risks such as safety and security, entry requirements and travel warnings.
Travellers arriving to England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland from abroad, including UK nationals returning home, must now provide evidence of a negative COVID-19 test result taken up to 3 days before departure. Travellers who don’t comply (and don’t have a valid exemption) may be denied boarding and/or may be fined on arrival.
All TRAVAX country pages include a COVID-19 country specific risk-rating which identifies each country as having a high, moderate or low risk of exposure to COVID-19 for UK travellers.
In January 2021, the COVID-19 risk for UK travellers was increased in 20 countries:
In January 2021, the COVID-19 risk for UK travellers was decreased in the following locations:
The COVID-19 risk rating in each country is being kept under constant review and may change at short notice.
All travellers should be made aware of precautions they should take to reduce their risk of exposure to coronavirus (COVID-19) before, during and after travel as detailed on the fitfortravel website COVID-19: Health Considerations for Travel page.
