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Caribbean urged to align with UK and US isolation rules

Government
Will Payne
5 January 2022

The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) has urged the region’s government leaders to align with the UK and the US in reducing its isolation periods for travellers.

Passengers showing symptoms of possible infection may be required to take to a PCR test on arrival at their own expense

In a letter to prime minister Gaston Browne of Antigua and Barbuda, outgoing chairman of CARICOM (Caribbean Community), CHTA president Nicola Madden-Greig called for the region’s 14 day isolation requirement for those who test positive to be reduced to seven days.

The CHTA claims the data "no longer substantiates" a 14 day quarantine period, as it presents "unnecessary financial and personal hardship to residents, visitors, destinations and companies" and "increasingly will deter travel".