England ends quarantine for visitors from NL, EU
travel gets easier from Monday
Corona July
29, 2021
People from
the Netherlands hoping to visit family or holiday in England and Scotland will
not have to go into quarantine if they have been fully vaccinated from August
2. However, they will still have to show a negative test on arrival and take a
PCR test on the second day of their visit. People who have not been fully
vaccinated will still have to go into quarantine. As expected, the British
government has agreed to relax the rules for European visitors and people from
the US in what they hope will be a boost for the tourism sector. Wales and
Northern Ireland have not yet said if they will follow the English example.
Holidaymakers returning to the Netherlands from England or Scotland will still
have to show a negative test result on their return and spend at least five
days in quarantine, whether or not they have been vaccinated. That will remain
the case unless the Dutch foreign ministry changes its recommendations. The UK
is regarded by the Dutch as a very high risk area because of the spread of the
highly-infectious Delta variant. EU holidays The Dutch government has changed
its designation for all EU member states to either green or yellow because of
the implications for holidaymakers from Monday, August 2. However, from August
8, everyone over the age of 12 returning home from an EU country which is
yellow, rather than green, will have to show either that they have been
vaccinated, recently recovered from coronavirus or have had a recent negative
test. Almost 60% of Dutch adults are now fully vaccinated. Spot checks The
measure will apply to all forms of travel and there will be spot checks on cars
crossing the border back into the Netherlands. Those without a test can be
fined €95. The cabinet is also recommending that everyone returning from
holiday take a test on the day of their arrival back, on day two and on day
five. Tests can be done via the regional health board test centres or through
self-testing. The Netherlands itself is likely to remain dark red when the new
version of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control publishes its
new map on Thursday. This means that other EU countries are still free to
impose their own requirements on Dutch travellers.
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