British holidaymakers will be matter to a quarantine on arriving in Greece, unless they have travelled from specific Uk airports.
This early morning the Greek tourism minister Harry Theoharis said the constraints on people arriving from most Uk airports will make a vacation in Greece ‘difficult’.
Any person flying into Greece from an airport considered by the EU’s aviation protection agency (EASA) to be an spot with “high danger of transmission of Covid-19” will facial area a coronavirus exam, and obligatory quarantine of at least 7 days, regardless of the final result. This incorporates important hubs of Heathrow, Gatwick, Birmingham and Manchester airports.
Some Uk airports, nevertheless, including Bristol, Edinburgh and London Southend, are not on the EASA checklist.
Talking to BBC Radio 4’s These days programme this early morning, Mr Theoharis clarified how the quarantine procedure will perform. “For the relaxation of the airports, screening is required and for a solitary working day you wait around for the exam outcomes.
“If it is a detrimental final result, then it is effectively a self-imposed quarantine of 7 days but you can go forward to your location.
“If, nevertheless, it is a beneficial final result then it is a supervised quarantine for extended than 7 days.” He extra: “It does signify that there is an inconvenience in the initial several days.
“That’s why this is not going to be for the masses. It has to signify you have more time.”
Yesterday, Greece was pressured to confront the challenges of rebooting worldwide tourism, following authorities located that twelve out of 91 travellers on board a Qatar Airlines flight to Athens had analyzed beneficial for Covid-19.
The Greek civil safety ministry reacted by suspending all air inbound links to and from Qatar right up until June 15, and put all 91 travellers on the flight into quarantine.
“We realized there would be these types of scenarios. We have seen what can materialize this summer,” stated Prof Nikolaos Sipsas, an professional in infectious ailments.
“The most secure [point] would be not to open up to tourism but that would signify enormous economic destruction,” stated Sipsas. “The initial point we have to do is divide international locations of origin into safe and unsafe [classes]. That generates specific diplomatic tension, but for us the initial precedence is general public health.”
As it stands, any individual arriving into the Uk (including returning holidaymakers) following June 8 will be matter to a 14-working day quarantine. The FCO advises against all but important travel.
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