Dubai removed from the travel corridors list with immediate effect

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• JJ says:

  11 Jan11 January 21:02

  I had C19 in December. From Key Worker – no blame at all. Do you think I still need to sit at home for another 4-6 months? ps. I am young ish and healthy..

  • Chris L says:

    11 Jan11 January 21:53

    The law says you do

    • TGLoyalty says:

      11 Jan11 January 22:47

      You mean unless you’re going out for one of the permitted reasons.

      A previous case of C19 doesn’t mean you won’t get it again.

      • Tariq says:

        12 Jan12 January 05:46

        Allegedly. Conventional science would disagree.

        Why would the OP need to stay at home for 6 months? Shielding is just a recommendation, not a legal requirement.

        • TGLoyalty says:

          12 Jan12 January 09:37

          I’m not sure what you mean.

          Conventional science says you can get C19 many times, as you do with other types of coronavirus.

          People have suffered the symptoms twice in a year not just test positive ie asymptomatic.

        • Harpo says:

          12 Jan12 January 10:21

          No alleged about it. We’ve had several cases who’ve had confirmed positives for discrete episodes, and I lost a dear ex-colleague recently on his second infection.

      • Joe says:

        12 Jan12 January 11:51

        It’s very very rare to get it again within a short space of time.

    • RajBad says:

      12 Jan12 January 13:15

      Sitting at home for the next 4-6 months will lead to depression
      Get out as much as you can and stay within the “guidance” is my advice
      Lockdowns work to a degree but are VERY difficult to police
      2021 = year of the introvert

  • Harry T says:

    12 Jan12 January 06:36

    You can get it twice and transmit it too.

    • Tariq says:

      12 Jan12 January 07:10

      You can get positive tests multiple times!

    • Joe says:

      12 Jan12 January 11:54

      You can probably transmit after being vaccinated. He’s approximately as safe as someone who has just been vaccinated.

      • Joe says:

        12 Jan12 January 11:54

        Possibly not probably*

    • RajBad says:

      12 Jan12 January 13:18

      You can also get the flu twice, does that mean we lockdown the entire UK?

      • Brian says:

        12 Jan12 January 14:56

        Don’t give the lunatics in Whitehall ideas…

• Matty says:

  11 Jan11 January 21:06

  World’s busiest international travel route in January 2021? DXB-LHR:

  https://www.oag.com/busiest-routes-right-now?

• Dooly says:

  11 Jan11 January 21:09

  I’m not sure if anyone knows or knows where I can find out more info. Does anyone know if flights connecting in London where bags need to be picked up and checked back in would also be affected? My final destination is Switzerland. Am I officially coming into the UK or not? What if I don’t need to pick up bags and can transit airside?

  • The real John says:

    11 Jan11 January 21:48

    Transit is allowed and it is irrelevant whether you do it airside or landside.

    You must travel directly to your next flight and technically you should self-isolate between your flights (in a chair at the airport, I suppose).

    • Dooly says:

      11 Jan11 January 22:22

      Thanks!

  • Sam G says:

    11 Jan11 January 21:49

    No impact, you can still cross the border regardless, just fill out your PLF and state you are in transit and check in for your next flight as usual

    If you needed a hotel for some reason that would also be fine but you’d need to isolate in your room

    • Dooly says:

      11 Jan11 January 22:23

      Thanks!

• illuminatus says:

  11 Jan11 January 21:10

  ‘will need to quarantine for 10 days’ – lol, is there anything else allowed to do in the UK atm?..

  • The real John says:

    11 Jan11 January 21:48

    Go for walks and bike rides.

  • Tracey says:

    11 Jan11 January 22:47

    Meeting your friends in the supermarket!

• Kiran says:

  11 Jan11 January 22:09

  10 months into this it should be obvious to everyone that any international travel comes with the risk that the rules could change at any time.

• Mikeey says:

  11 Jan11 January 22:59

  Not too surprising really given how many Brits were over there taking our nice new variant! I see the BBC report says they’ve had a sharp rise in imported cases…

  • Blenz101 says:

    12 Jan12 January 03:08

    From averaging 1500 to 2000 cases per day it jumped to 3000. Hence all the news reports of a 50% jump.

    Back down to 2400 cases yesterday.

    Figures are not published by emirate so although Dubai is always cited there could equally have been an outbreak at a labour camp in Sharjah.

    • Erico1875 says:

      12 Jan12 January 06:01

      “Labour camp” says it all.

      • Rob says:

        12 Jan12 January 09:28

        As I have said before, I am guessing you are not personally in favour of letting unlimited numbers of Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi citizens with no educational qualifications into the UK to work. This means that they go where they can get work, since there is no work at home.

        Email Boris, tell him to allow unqualified immigation from the Indian subcontinent, and suddenly working conditions in the Middle East will improve massively because they will be competing with the UK for labourers.

        • luckyjim says:

          12 Jan12 January 11:28

          So, by Rob’s logic, the solution to exploited child labourers in China is to legalise child labour in the UK and allow immigration from China. Competition for child labourers will drive up wages and working conditions.

        • Jamie says:

          12 Jan12 January 11:36

          The problem is not that they go there for work, it’s the way they’re mistreated once they’re there. This can be objected to without advocating for an immigration free for all policy.

    • Jonathan says:

      12 Jan12 January 07:14

      Do you believe that they would actually report cases from migrant labour camps?!

      Equally what are the odds that all the 20 something Insta “stars” would actually get tested if they became symptomatic out there?

      I can quite believe the cases are fairly low amongst the Emirati & affluent expat communities but to think there are no risks with throwing large numbers of young tourists together to mingle then head home to a multitude of different countries where they don’t then quarantine has no risks attached is laughable.

      • TGLoyalty says:

        12 Jan12 January 09:38

        So many assumptions.

        • Jonathan says:

          12 Jan12 January 10:49

          Why are they assumptions? A quick trawl of my Facebook/Instagram shows a very strong correlation between those who’ve been in Dubai & those who have been consistently ignoring the regulations in the UK.

          Just because the HfP readership stay in high end hotels out there with no mixing & strong adherence to regulations doesn’t mean there aren’t huge numbers of <30’s flying in economy, drinking in each other’s hotel rooms with no social distancing/masks & acquainting themselves intimately with others!

          A negative PCR 96 hours before they travel to Dubai does not remotely equate to them being no risk when they return to the U.K. If a worse strain than Kent/RSA originates elsewhere what would be its most likely route into the U.K. in the last week?

      • Blenz101 says:

        12 Jan12 January 12:25

        Yes, they do report cases from the camps in the same way as any other person who takes a test.

        Every test is recorded against an Emirates ID for residents and they have regularly undertaken mass door to door testing in high density neighbourhoods.

        I agree the working conditions for labours are not what would expect to see in the west (10 hour days, 6 days a week) and I personally wouldn’t want to live in dormitory accommodation but the reality of the world we live in is that these conditions are better than those on the subcontinent and allow the migrant workers to provide for their families.

        • kitten says:

          12 Jan12 January 15:30

          Well said Blenz
          I feel the same way about the readily available company in Bangkok.

          I dont like it but…

• Aston100 says:

  11 Jan11 January 23:04

  Until there is proper enforcement and proper penalties, many people will continue to ignore quarantine and suchlike.

  • ChrisW says:

    12 Jan12 January 13:58

    Agreed. I have little sympathy for all of these wannabe ‘influencers’ who flocked to Dubai against government advice to avoid lockdown here.

    • Ben says:

      12 Jan12 January 14:45

      I also doubt they will be flocking back. For what? To sit inside till Easter? If they can afford to stay out there then most will.

• Ben says:

  12 Jan12 January 09:15

  Standard MSM anti-Celtic bias on show again

  • BlueThroughCrimp says:

    12 Jan12 January 19:54

    This is a joke, aye?

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