For countries on the “amber list”, travellers will be required to submit to the same testing but will also be required to self-isolate. Travellers from amber-list countries will be able to take advantage of the “test to release” scheme (on day five). Similar to the current rules, travellers from a “red-list” country will be required to enter managed quarantine at a hotel for a period of 10 days, as well as testing (but will not be able to use the “test to release” scheme).
'Taskforce expects industry "to be flexible" with consumers’ bookings'
Government
14 April 2021
The Report of the Global Travel Taskforce has been published, outlining the UK government’s recommendations for the safe return of international travel. As has been well publicised, this will rely on a “traffic light” country system to which different restrictions are applied depending on risk. For those countries on the “green list”, travellers will not be required to self-isolate on arrival to the UK, but instead submit to pre- and post-departure PCR testing (on or before day two of their arrival).
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