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Dubai removed from the travel corridors list with immediate effect

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The Government announced this evening that the United Arab Emirates has been removed from the ‘travel corridors’ list.

Anyone landing in the UK after visiting Dubai, Abu Dhabi or any of the other Emirates after 4am tomorrow (Tuesday) will need to quarantine for 10 days. This can be reduced to 5 days via the ‘test to release’ scheme.

The removal comes after a sharp rise in reported cases in the UAE over the last couple of days. The Scottish Government brought in its own block this morning after cases involving the Celtic football team which had taken a ‘training break’ in Dubai.

The official ‘travel corridor’ list, which already reflects this change, is on this page of the Government website.

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  • TGLoyalty says:
    12 Jan12 January 20:26

    2nd in the world to Israel I believe.

  • Doug Koshutova says:
    13 Jan13 January 22:07

    It was only heading one way for the UAE. Whilst the bog standard prevention measures of masks etc. are in place for most, there has been absolute failure to control those posing the highest risk for passing on the disease.

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