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Cyprus and Lithuania have been added to the UK’s coronavirus quarantine list.
Transportation Secretary Grant Shapps announced that travelers returning from these countries will have to self-isolate for 14 days.
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The measures will take effect from 4am on Sunday and will apply to people arriving in the UK.
No country was added to the list of those exempted from quarantine measures.
The decision to put Cyprus and Lithuania on the quarantine list comes after the seven-day fee of coronavirus cases increased in both countries.
Cyprus currently has a rate of 112 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, while Lithuania it has 140 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, according to data compiled by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control.
The UK currently has a rate of 230 cases per 100,000 people in seven days.
The government is believed to be using a rate of 100 as the threshold above which quarantine measures are considered; previously a rate of 20 was used.
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There were concerns that Germany, which currently has a rate of 107 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, would be added to the quarantine list. However, it remains on the exemption list.
Various vacation spots have been eliminated from the list of quarantine exemptions, including France, Spain Y Italy.
Last week it was announced that travelers returning from the Maldives, Canary Islands, Mykonos and Denmark self-isolation would not be required.
Fines for people who do not self-isolate when they return from affected countries start at £ 1,000 and can increase to £ 10,000 if COVID-19 rules are persistently broken.
A recent survey found that the infection rate among people who traveled abroad in the past 30 days was roughly the same as the infection rate for people who stayed in the UK, according to the Office for National Statistics.
Public Health England (PHE) told Sky News in September that the risk assessment for each country is considered on an individual basis.
The weekly infection rate is compared with trends in incidence and deaths, prevalence, and information on a country’s testing capacity.
The positive test rate, which is the proportion of tests with a positive result, is also used to help understand the severity of the pandemic in each country.
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