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Germany and Sweden are being added to the UK’s coronavirus quarantine list.
Travelers returning from both countries must isolate themselves for 14 days.
The measure will take effect from 4am on Saturday and will apply to people arriving in the UK.
No country will be removed from coronavirus quarantine list this week, Transportation Secretary Grant Shapps said Thursday.
He tweeted: “Travel brokers remain critical of the government COVID-19 answer, keeping imported cases DOWN. “
The ministers made the decision after a sharp increase in cases in both countries, with the number of new infections in Germany increasing by 75% in the last four weeks and 34% in Sweden during the same period.
In Germany, there is currently an average seven-day infection rate of 140 per 100,000 people and in Sweden 190 per 100,000 people, according to the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control.
The government is now believed to use a threshold of 100 cases per 100,000 as a trigger for imposing travel quarantines, up from 20 in previous months.
The UK weekly infection rate is higher than Germany and Sweden at 235.
Last week, Cyprus and Lithuania they were added to the UK “red” list, but no countries were removed.
The new travel restrictions come on the first day of a second national closure in England, meaning that holidays are not allowed both in the UK and abroad.
Individuals can only travel by air for work purposes, and those who break the rules will be fined £ 200 for the first offense, increasing to a maximum of £ 6,400.
