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Britain has banned people from four countries around the world and added them to its travel “red list”. These countries include Bangladesh, Kenya, Pakistan, and the Philippines. Only if the people coming from these countries are British or Irish citizens will they be allowed to enter the UK.
Those arriving in Britain from red-listed countries will be denied entry, while returning Britons must undergo a mandatory 10-day quarantine in hotels.
During their stay, passengers will need to take two COVID-19 tests, but a negative result does not mean they can shorten their time in quarantine.
Starting at 4 a.m. on April 9, Pakistan, Kenya, the Philippines and Bangladesh will be included on the list, the government said, joining some three dozen other nations primarily in Africa, the Middle East and South America.
There have been calls for the inclusion of some European countries where COVID-19 cases have increased, but the government has said it currently has no plans to do so.
The travel bans are intended to reduce the risk of novel coronavirus variants such as the South African strain, the UK Department for Transport said.
Data has shown that most cases of the South African variant of the coronavirus found in the UK so far have been linked to international travel, and very few have come from Europe.
Almost 40 countries are currently on the UK government’s red list of countries from which travel is prohibited.
COVID-19 account
There have been at least 4,350,200 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the UK, according to Public Health England.
According to official data, as of Friday morning 126,764 people have lost their lives due to the COVID-19 virus.
Britain has the highest number of COVID-19 deaths in Europe.
The UK has already given more than 31 million people, or more than 45% of the population, the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
(With Reuters entries)
