Covid: Two tests for all UK arrivals during quarantine
09/02/2021
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Details of the new system, aimed at tracking cases and detecting new variants, will be set out later today.
Literally a year too late. It's a good job our vaccine rollout has been a success, because everything else has been calamitous.
The vaccine rollout has been a success because the NHS has delivered it. Not the politicians and the chumocracy. Why is Tory donor Lady Dido still in charge of track and trace??
Prof Van Tam is a legend. Thank you for your clear explanations and down to earth common sense.
Agreed. I think he and Whitty make good combination. Whitty is the stern doctor who tells us to buck our ideas up. With VT providing the reassuring, friendly face who is more disappointed than angry with us.
Why on earth didn't the Government do this 12 months ago, before the virus pandemic broke out and became established across the UK? They could likely have prevented its spread and the rate of infections. Government should have listened to the scientists and acted last winter. Perhaps Prof. VT can advise and explain?
That is true. And emphasised even more when compared to the nonsense from the blustering clown who usually stands next to him.
Van Tam said mass testing was a side distraction not so long ago, probably when he cow towed to the govt agenda driven by not having enough test kits. Just about all of SAGE will have us under restrictions for god knows how long so don't be so quick to heap too much praise on them.
This time last year the UK had the capacity to carry out 2,000 tests a day, and the government were rightly questioned about their plans to address this scandal. They addressed it and now we have the capacity to carry out over 800,000 tests a day.
Has the BBC had a special programme to report on this phenomenal British success?
Has the BBC had a special programme to report on this phenomenal British success?
This time last year the UK had no meaningful stategy to prevent covid entering the country.
12 months on and 100,000 deaths later and they still have no meaningful restrictions in place.
12 months on and 100,000 deaths later and they still have no meaningful restrictions in place.
Meanwhile yesterday people were still walking off direct flights from South Africa without airport staff even checking their Covid tests.
As far as the these new checks go, the words 'stable door' and 'bolted' spring to mind.
As far as the these new checks go, the words 'stable door' and 'bolted' spring to mind.
There are no direct flights from S Africa, they have been banned for a while
You seem to be misquoting a journalist who came in on a connecting flight from Qatar.
The freelance journalist had flown in via another country ... not SA
Its odd how journalists just happen to find a paying story by doing such things ?
Its odd how journalists just happen to find a paying story by doing such things ?
Please provide evidence.This is fake news.No direct flights for a long while.If you post again please check your facts and stop wasting our time.
PM's father showed the way. Just travel via another country. No bother if you've got the dosh.
You are lying. There are no direct flights from South Africa, and haven't been for quite a while. If you don't know that, you don't know anything else worth saying.
Erm they used a fake vaccine passport.
This will only work if those self isolating at home actually stay in and come into contact with No one else.
Otherwise it's pointless, what are you going to do?
Put a tag on their leg to see if they do as expected.
Otherwise it's pointless, what are you going to do?
Put a tag on their leg to see if they do as expected.
More like 14 months!
Too late now.
Too late now.
Care home residents have been refused hospital care and put on 'end of life' and it has been going on for months. The Liverpool pathway is alive and kicking, If they are lucky they may get oxygen, but most get a morphine syringe driver that finishes them off.
I have been saying this here for weeks and it gets thumbs down. You can thumb down the truth all you like, but it is still the truth.
I have been saying this here for weeks and it gets thumbs down. You can thumb down the truth all you like, but it is still the truth.
Ah, this must be the promised "world-beating" test, track and trace system that will prevent a second peak of the virus.
Promised by Johnson in the Commons.........on the 20th of May last year.
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-world-beating-track-and-trace-system-ready-for-schools-to-reopen-pm-promises-11991606
Promised by Johnson in the Commons.........on the 20th of May last year.
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-world-beating-track-and-trace-system-ready-for-schools-to-reopen-pm-promises-11991606
Given that the purpose of track and trace was to prevent infection spread and subsequent deaths, and we still had the highest number of deaths in Europe. You still think spending £22,000,000,000 of hard working taxpayers money on a track and trace system that obviously failed in its purpose, was a world beating achievement by the government? Seriously?
You must be a major Serco shareholder.
You must be a major Serco shareholder.
Just close external and internal borders Apart from the transport of goods, essential services and repatriation, get on with it for goodness sake.
Pray tell everyone how you close external and internal borders?
I'm really on the fence with border closures and the one thing that stops me from supporting it is no credible explanation as to how to re-open them again. Say we did manage to eradicate covid here (highly unlikely in my non-expert opinion), is the answer permanent border closures with the USA, Brazil, India, the EU and other countries where there is no political will to achieve zero covid?
So people delivering from Amazon don’t catch covid then.
FREEDOM for all in the world
FREEDOM for all in the world
If a person has had Covid 19 they will test positive for up to 90 days after that despite no longer being either ill or infectious. Are these people going to be kept in slum hotels for all that time. At what point does it become illegal detention?
Report Card for: B Johnson, Westminster
Vaccine: Excellent
Everything Else: Shambles. Absolute shambles.
Outlook: Unlikely to be voted for
Vaccine: Excellent
Everything Else: Shambles. Absolute shambles.
Outlook: Unlikely to be voted for
It may yet turn out that the Government's snails pace response to the new varients undermines the benefits of the vaccine rollout.
Question is, would anyone else have been any better (I'm not defending Boris in any way). The devolved governments have been a complete shambles too.
May be if B Johnson had have took this seriously at the start then everything that's followed wouldn't have been necessary..
Whats so excellent about a vaccine that is killing loads of people. Please do your research.
Removed
Which is why they will crowbar vaccines in for every answer at every press conference...
Hind sight is wonderful. Remember how we were told that we should join the EU in sourcing a vaccine??
Vote for Boris
Vote for Boris
Wrong we will still vote Conservative as we are sick of all of the left wing Labour bull**** and the pathetic attempts to score political points using the pandemic.
This should have been put in place on day one and its absolutely necessary that this is heavily enforced to protect our borders. Nobody should be travelling at this time unless it is absolutely necessary for business or medical reasons. The cost of quarantine should not be paid for by the taxpayer. Travellers should be made pay for any quarantine.
Johnson is a historian. He’s bound to be late at doing anything. Couldn’t see graphs going up dramatically before Christmas. His cluelessness becomes more obvious by the day. He and his shambolic cabinet bear responsibility for the South African variant being in the UK.
What happens if you haven't got a negative test result? Will you be returned to your place of departure at the next opportunity? What's the point of a fine and then allowing the travellers into the UK? Perhaps I'm not understanding how this all works. Any one care to clear things up for me please?
HAHA
UK is copying everything China has done and suggested to do?
Copy Copy Copy
UK is copying everything China has done and suggested to do?
Copy Copy Copy
Not committing genocide against the Uighurs as yet....
I agree that Boris & the govt have made bad mistakes, & have got some things right. I find that understandable given this is a one is a 100 year event - hindsight is wonderful. However, to suggest he's just copied China is ridiculous - the Chinese govt lied (& lies) on numbers and prevented scientific evidence from being released as WHO rules require
This time last year the UK had the capacity to carry out 2,000 tests a day, and the government were rightly questioned about their plans to address this scandal. They addressed it and now we have the capacity to carry out over 800,000 tests a day.
Has the BBC had a special programme to report on this phenomenal British success?
Has the BBC had a special programme to report on this phenomenal British success?
Meanwhile yesterday people were still walking off direct flights from South Africa without airport staff even checking their Covid tests.
As far as the these new checks go, the words 'stable door' and 'bolted' spring to mind.
As far as the these new checks go, the words 'stable door' and 'bolted' spring to mind.
Flights in to Dubai from SA as well u know so doubling up the risk
So where was yesterdays flight from??? I thought Joberg was in South SAfrica??
If a person has had Covid 19 they will test positive for up to 90 days after that despite no longer being either ill or infectious. Are these people going to be kept in slum hotels for all that time. At what point does it become illegal detention?
That’s why nhs staff don’t get re-tested fir 90 days after they recover from covid. Fact, unlike uneducated spouting nonsence
Why only "spot checks" at the airport. All passports are checked so how hard can it be to check that they have a covid test at the same time?
Quite hard for the face scanning machines at most of our airports.
Those quarantining are going to perform their own swab. That will be dipped in a cup of water. Why risk testing positive.? Worse still the Govt know that people will do this. This hotel fiasco is just window dressing.
Correct me if I’m wrong but are we not to stay at home, so who the hell is flying about all over the place, it’s a joke
Eyebrow drawing, fake tan pouting, selfie taking "Influencers"....??
Why should you isolate and stay at home if you've had a vaccine that is 95% effective and studies show is 99% capable of stopping you spreading the virus to others. I'm vaccinated and want to visit my Spanish home for spring.
I have a house in Spain, I visit it for long periods at a time, for LEGAL reasons I have to return, the 90 day rule, I'm a person that has followed all of the rules, I don't go out except for food shopping & exercise by walking where no one else does, I find it interesting that so many people want to blame people like me or just lump me in with the influencer idiots taking unnecessary flights.
I totally agree. Anybody >60 who wants to fly to their 2nd, 3rd.... foreign home or for that matter want to spend 3 months in Cyprus should be taxed to the point where they cannot and funds directed to those being totally shafted in the 18-40 age bracket. I am well above that bracket. Selfishness me me me. You should be ashamed.
I think they should be knighted after this. If Hamilton can get one for driving a car these 2 defently deserve one.
They are still determined to destroy the nation, just because they are scared of beng blamed for Covid deaths. The thing is, their closures and restrictions will have caused more poverty-related deaths than Covid will have, and they know this.
Common sense indeed. They are only specialist who have the gall to consider their specialism more important than the complete picture it should fit into.
Common sense indeed. They are only specialist who have the gall to consider their specialism more important than the complete picture it should fit into.
Why on earth didn't the Government do this 12 months ago, before the virus pandemic broke out and became established across the UK? They could likely have prevented its spread and the rate of infections. Government should have listened to the scientists and acted last winter.
Because "Boris".
It is now well established that the preferred approach to problem solving with this government is to wait until the last minute when there is only one viable course of action left.
It is now well established that the preferred approach to problem solving with this government is to wait until the last minute when there is only one viable course of action left.
At this time last year, The Science said that border closures would not work
Because at the time there was a WTO plan on the way countries should deal with such a pandemic and it specifically said no border closure and no lockdown.
I agree with you completely it makes so much sense. People will really only travel if it's vital if they need to go through this process.
You know it all - well done. Except I'm not sure most of us wanted to be prisoners in our own land - maybe you did - but I didn't and still don't
How long has this been discussed and even suggested here on HYS but dismissed by Grant Schapps? It seems as though the government have to be taken kicking and screaming before they get their act together.
I get what you are saying but they could only do 150 tests a day...why waste them on people who shouldn't really be traveling anyway AND at that point they had no idea 1 in 3 cases were asymptomatic..
This may explain it, he is pathologically unable to make a decision until it is forced on him.
https://theconversation.com/why-does-boris-johnson-delay-coronavirus-lockdown-decisions-a-psychologist-gives-her-view-152699
https://theconversation.com/why-does-boris-johnson-delay-coronavirus-lockdown-decisions-a-psychologist-gives-her-view-152699
Even better, why on earth didn't the government do this 24 months ago...
Because the Government didn't have a crystal ball, nor the benefit of 20/20 hindsight that you now have? You can't just shut down the country every time there's a virus scare, can you?
Before it broke out ???
Presumably the crystal ball wasn't working that day.
Presumably the crystal ball wasn't working that day.
A leading scientist this morning criticised countries which has closed their borders saying that big problems would come later. That is why it did not happen earlier.
Stopping international travel is not profit...err, practical.
- Boris
- Boris
Because restricting air travel beyond what we recently had does almost nothing to stop spread inside the country once there are more than a few cases. A handful of people a day arriving with covid compared to 1,000 - 20,000 a day spreading it domestically. It is literally a pointless exercise.
To stop new dangerous variants coming in that are not already endemic though? That becomes worth it.
To stop new dangerous variants coming in that are not already endemic though? That becomes worth it.
Makes perfect sense, just done way too late. UK's general response has been very poor, too much dithering. I could go on, but won't!!!
Your indoctrination process has been completed, so it is entirely acceptable for you to go on about it.
Sadly this is all due to Boris Johnsons failures
He was voted in due to a (thankfully) short lived swing to the alt right from roughly 2015 - 2019 that gave us Boris, Brexit, Bolsonaro and Trump
These inexperienced populist leaders, Boris, Trump & Bolsonaro failed their people when it came to the virus
All have been far too slow or amazingly even tried to pretend it wasnt happening
He was voted in due to a (thankfully) short lived swing to the alt right from roughly 2015 - 2019 that gave us Boris, Brexit, Bolsonaro and Trump
These inexperienced populist leaders, Boris, Trump & Bolsonaro failed their people when it came to the virus
All have been far too slow or amazingly even tried to pretend it wasnt happening
If a person has had Covid 19 they will test positive for up to 90 days after that despite no longer being either ill or infectious. Are these people going to be kept in slum hotels for all that time. At what point does it become illegal detention?
The sad truth is that under the leadership of Boris (saviour of Christmas) Johnson the UK has
Suffered the highest number of Covid deaths of any EU nation
Has suffered the 3rd highest number of deaths per 100,000 population of any nation on earth
Has the worst performing economy of any major nation worldwide
Is this what Boris meant when he promised that he would make the UK "world beating"?
Suffered the highest number of Covid deaths of any EU nation
Has suffered the 3rd highest number of deaths per 100,000 population of any nation on earth
Has the worst performing economy of any major nation worldwide
Is this what Boris meant when he promised that he would make the UK "world beating"?
clearly the people of the uk have a very low intelligence level. If rules had been obeyed would we be in such a bad state?
It’s not sensible to make comparisons as countries record deaths differently. For example Spain has 60,000 deaths officially but excess death are above 80,000.
Sadly Boris Johnsons dither and delay regarding the virus have cost the UK dearly
Not many leaders would of allowed Cheltenham races to go ahead in March or put their capital city into tier 2 in November, putting wealth before health
Not many leaders would of allowed Cheltenham races to go ahead in March or put their capital city into tier 2 in November, putting wealth before health
Hmmm, I think I've seen this post before. Let me think now: that's it, every single HYS.
Must try harder.
Must try harder.
The UK is not in the EU, but soon that will be only little england that isn't in the EU
Not an EU nation. Keep up
Closed the stable door after the horse has bolted yet again, close borders now.
Your comment literally says the horse has already bolted so we should close the stable door
well they are still thinking about closing the stable door, the horse is in the next county.
Report Card for: B Johnson, Westminster
Vaccine: Excellent
Everything Else: Shambles. Absolute shambles.
Outlook: Unlikely to be voted for
Vaccine: Excellent
Everything Else: Shambles. Absolute shambles.
Outlook: Unlikely to be voted for
new varients? Yet another excuse for bad management in my book!! All they are doing is trying to drive fear into the hearts of the British People in order to cut the amount of breaks in the process.
Brits don't scare that easily!!
Brits don't scare that easily!!
Care home residents have been refused hospital care and put on 'end of life' and it has been going on for months. The Liverpool pathway is alive and kicking, If they are lucky they may get oxygen, but most get a morphine syringe driver that finishes them off.
I have been saying this here for weeks and it gets thumbs down. You can thumb down the truth all you like, but it is still the truth.
I have been saying this here for weeks and it gets thumbs down. You can thumb down the truth all you like, but it is still the truth.
Why on earth didn't the Government do this 12 months ago, before the virus pandemic broke out and became established across the UK? They could likely have prevented its spread and the rate of infections. Government should have listened to the scientists and acted last winter. Perhaps Prof. VT can advise and explain?
Interesting to see this report up at the same time as the one stating that "Tui has said it expects to run 80% of its normal capacity for this summer, with 2.8 million customers already booked for its holidays." That's a lot of tests and a lot of people supposed to be in quarantine...
TUI have caught Johnson's high-transmission optimism.
So thats £280000000 spent on test...how much profit for the government
That 80% is looking rather optimistic in the light of this latest announcement. Suddenly a young family of 4 which has saved all year for a weeks summer escape is told to spend £1,600 on CV testing. Brutal. Cruel. Call it what you will.
How about we don't
I assume you don't have family abroad? That you are not a business owner, trying to export? A UK business that relies on income from tourism?
And I assume you don't care if thousands of people lose their jobs and instead of being tax payers become welfare dependent? Of course that will have an adverse effect on the public purse/cuts to public services but I guess you don't worry about that.
And I assume you don't care if thousands of people lose their jobs and instead of being tax payers become welfare dependent? Of course that will have an adverse effect on the public purse/cuts to public services but I guess you don't worry about that.
Two tests
1 Did you come here on a plane?
2 Will you be a good citizen and stay away from people for the next 10 days?
PASS
1 Did you come here on a plane?
2 Will you be a good citizen and stay away from people for the next 10 days?
PASS
Why only "spot checks" at the airport. All passports are checked so how hard can it be to check that they have a covid test at the same time?
I'm really on the fence with border closures and the one thing that stops me from supporting it is no credible explanation as to how to re-open them again. Say we did manage to eradicate covid here (highly unlikely in my non-expert opinion), is the answer permanent border closures with the USA, Brazil, India, the EU and other countries where there is no political will to achieve zero covid?
Totally pointless!
Should have been done 14 months ago but the genie is long gone from the bottle!
Should have been done 14 months ago but the genie is long gone from the bottle!
14 months ago was the 9th of December 2019. The virus had not even been identified, let alone confirmed as transmitting between humans. What are you talking about?
Tests for this coronavirus literally did not exist 14 months ago
People who break the self-isolation rules should spend at least ten days in solitary confinement in prison.
They are a danger to the public in general and to the vulnerable in particular.
They are a danger to the public in general and to the vulnerable in particular.
Report Card for: B Johnson, Westminster
Vaccine: Excellent
Everything Else: Shambles. Absolute shambles.
Outlook: Unlikely to be voted for
Vaccine: Excellent
Everything Else: Shambles. Absolute shambles.
Outlook: Unlikely to be voted for
looking around the world the definitive answer to that question has to be yes, anyone else would have been better. The devolved governments are far far better than Boris, whilst Boris still gets to take most of the major decisions.
Cheltenham races
Saviour of Christmas
Do i really need to say any more?
Saviour of Christmas
Do i really need to say any more?
Have to agree that the UK wide response has been poor compared to other countries, and that Scotland is not doing so well with regards vaccine roll out but, Scotland population v England is 10% but Covid death rate is 6.5% of Englands.
Good way to mark the anniversary of when this would have been very effective.
But back in 2020 people wouldn't have wanted to live in an authoritarian North Korean type police state on the basis of a 0.15% death rate.
The constant brainwashing has sorted that one out.
The constant brainwashing has sorted that one out.
The South African variant did not appear to have a "transmissibility advantage" over the one first identified in Kent, which has spread across the UK.
Boris must be so proud of the UK, having a better virus than the S.A, variant. Another " World Beating " first.....
Boris must be so proud of the UK, having a better virus than the S.A, variant. Another " World Beating " first.....
I'm sure many will agree with this policy. But do they realise that, if it goes on for too long, it will destroy the airlines, the foreign travel industry and UK tourism? And the impact will be felt not just in those sectors, but throughout the economy.
And, of course, when people do want to travel again there will be limited choice and sky high prices (for business as well as holidaymakers).
And, of course, when people do want to travel again there will be limited choice and sky high prices (for business as well as holidaymakers).
And if travel leads to a vaccine resistant variant or one which is resistant to the vaccines we have used the economic damage will be far far far greater than any airline induced dip. Unfortunately, airlines have to be sacrificed for the economy as a whole.
Yes and places like New Zealand are going to suffer badly because at the moment, they have not got a concrete plan of when they are going to open up their borders. It’s a difficult one
I suppose it is a question of priorities.
What is more important :-
To have a vibrant powerful travel industry that brought the virus to the UK in the first place and is still doing it now
or
To stop 1000+ COVID-99 deaths a day when each new wave arrives in the UK.
What is more important :-
To have a vibrant powerful travel industry that brought the virus to the UK in the first place and is still doing it now
or
To stop 1000+ COVID-99 deaths a day when each new wave arrives in the UK.
I am sure the aviation/travel industry would have fully supported this approach 11 months ago. Far too little, far too late - the Government are now making aviation the scapegoat for their error.
So introduce vaccine passports so the 14 million vaccinated people can travel and save the economy.
Exactly. All 4 large UK airlines are on the verge of disappearing. That means no freight....we have no freight only airlines as passengers subsidize the cost. 1.5m jobs. £90bn revenue. And we get left with only Ryanair who can and will charge £500 a seat.
that's capitalism. When demand returns, and it will the second this is over, so will supply, with a short lag, it will just be different people/organisations providing that supply.
So be it. The airlines should be sued for carrying the virus around the world.
F**k 'em, it'll do the environment wonders which will benefit us all
'Arrivals will be required to get a test on days two and eight of their 10-day quarantine period, whether they are isolating at home or in a hotel.'
'The "test to release scheme" - where travellers from non-red list countries can leave home isolation after a negative test on day five - will remain under the new testing rules.'
Seems to be contradictory.
'The "test to release scheme" - where travellers from non-red list countries can leave home isolation after a negative test on day five - will remain under the new testing rules.'
Seems to be contradictory.
Typical speculative article from the BBC. Nothing official has been announced yet so will wait and see whether the "test to release scheme" continues.
Also if they name the test dates these entitled people will just be 'at home' on those days and do as they please the rest of the time.
I thought that. Dare I say I thought about coming back to UK from France to see brother in a care home I have not seen for 7 months. (cannot anyway now) Tried to make a plan if things improved to get a test in UK, maybe test to release, it's really hard to find somewhere. I have "friends" who paid but did not get the results. I really don't think the UK is able to do this at all..but hope so.
Red list 33 vs rest of world, seems as confusing or clear as ever
This is absolute and utter nonsense.
"Spot checks"
What about people, usually with lots of money, who are flying to Ireland and then on to the UK. Ireland has a 'common travel' area with the UK!!!!!Q
"Spot checks"
What about people, usually with lots of money, who are flying to Ireland and then on to the UK. Ireland has a 'common travel' area with the UK!!!!!Q
I'm vaccinated with the Pfizer vaccine which is the best one. Why am I not able to travel freely, and why am I being criminalised for seeing other vaccinated people?
You could still have the virus and infect others - no one told you??
Because they are not sure if the vaccine actually stops you catching the virus and therefore being a potential spreader.
Because it takes approx 3 weeks to kick in and until restrictions are eased, you follow the guidelines like everyone else
Didn't you think to ask or research why not?
Just because you've been vaccinated doesn't mean that you can't still possibly carry & transmit the virus
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210203-why-vaccinated-people-may-still-be-able-to-spread-covid-19
Just because you've been vaccinated doesn't mean that you can't still possibly carry & transmit the virus
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210203-why-vaccinated-people-may-still-be-able-to-spread-covid-19
Do you actually believe doing this 11 months ago would have stopped 100,000 plus people dying from this virus? It's the morons already in the country and breaching lockdown restrictions who are responsible I'm afraid.
It is NOT too late.
They haven't even set up a proper quarantine system. It is simply window dressing.
Looks like you fell for it.
They want to keep the borders open i some form more than anything else.
Why .. I don't know. Its like a fixation for them. As if closing the borders properly means they have lost.
Perhaps Soros stops sponsoring them if they shut the border properly.
They haven't even set up a proper quarantine system. It is simply window dressing.
Looks like you fell for it.
They want to keep the borders open i some form more than anything else.
Why .. I don't know. Its like a fixation for them. As if closing the borders properly means they have lost.
Perhaps Soros stops sponsoring them if they shut the border properly.
This time last year the UK had no meaningful stategy to prevent covid entering the country.
12 months on and 100,000 deaths later and they still have no meaningful restrictions in place.
12 months on and 100,000 deaths later and they still have no meaningful restrictions in place.
People who break the self-isolation rules should spend at least ten days in solitary confinement in prison.
They are a danger to the public in general and to the vulnerable in particular.
They are a danger to the public in general and to the vulnerable in particular.
“Business men”
I'm sure many will agree with this policy. But do they realise that, if it goes on for too long, it will destroy the airlines, the foreign travel industry and UK tourism? And the impact will be felt not just in those sectors, but throughout the economy.
And, of course, when people do want to travel again there will be limited choice and sky high prices (for business as well as holidaymakers).
And, of course, when people do want to travel again there will be limited choice and sky high prices (for business as well as holidaymakers).
12 months too late and littered with concessions that water down the effectiveness! Why can’t we just do it properly and at least get the full benefit instead of all these watered down measures that are 90% of the negatives without getting the benefit! Baffling!
You cannot introduce an authoritarian state just like that. It needs to be done gradually. Freedoms will be removed incrementally until the population is ground down and capitulates.
HAHA
UK is copying everything China has done and suggested to do?
Copy Copy Copy
UK is copying everything China has done and suggested to do?
Copy Copy Copy
People who break the self-isolation rules should spend at least ten days in solitary confinement in prison.
They are a danger to the public in general and to the vulnerable in particular.
They are a danger to the public in general and to the vulnerable in particular.
People who break the self-isolation rules should spend at least ten days in solitary confinement in prison.
They are a danger to the public in general and to the vulnerable in particular.
They are a danger to the public in general and to the vulnerable in particular.
A lot of these measures are just box ticking exercises. My girlfriend is a trainee teacher and needs two negative tests before starting her next placement, she's had them and is ready to start in a months time; she could easily catch it before starting, if anything a positive result would be better as she is unlikely to get it again and take it to school.
Mystified that people are still coming and going freely, when uk residents can't travel 6 miles. Why is air travel so important that it seems largely immune to any restrictions
£££ from the doners/airlines!
I completely agree with you! I hear the words "quarantine for those arriving from Covid hotspots" and immediately wonder why we're letting people in from those places at all???
You must be joking. "Immune to restrictions". easyJet will not survive much longer. Same for BA short haul plus TUI UK and Jet2. 1.5m jobs. Massive revenue to UK lost. Freight will not continue much longer with passengers subsidizing the costs. Vast majority of british pilots have not flown for nearly a year.
C'mon mate - there are rich celebs who want to have birthdays on private island resorts. Of family members of our PM who want to visit the properties in Greece for a mini-break.
It's essential travel, obviously. And even if it wasn't, why should the rich, powerful & connected be expected to make do like the rest of us plebs?
It's essential travel, obviously. And even if it wasn't, why should the rich, powerful & connected be expected to make do like the rest of us plebs?
'So freely', 'immune to any restrictions'.
I suggest you visit the FCO website and see just how many there are.
You cannot take a holiday abroad right now, for starters. People are not travelling freely.
I suggest you visit the FCO website and see just how many there are.
You cannot take a holiday abroad right now, for starters. People are not travelling freely.
Can't travel 6 miles?
Are you having a laugh?
It has been business as usual for everyone in the South East throughout this latest 'lockdown', nobody cares a jot.
It's far far better in the countryside here admittedly but there are certain 'communities' that aren't exactly buying into this at all - (to be fair they weren't changing their behavior from day 1 in March 2020)
Are you having a laugh?
It has been business as usual for everyone in the South East throughout this latest 'lockdown', nobody cares a jot.
It's far far better in the countryside here admittedly but there are certain 'communities' that aren't exactly buying into this at all - (to be fair they weren't changing their behavior from day 1 in March 2020)
If they are securely locked up in a hotel for 10 days on arrival and not allowed to leave unless there is a fire then that's their choice but it needs to be strictly enforced.
Largely because for a long time the spread of the virus in the Uk was internally sourced. testing has shown this. The Kent virus has confirmed this.
Now there is a risk of new mutants coming in there is some urgency in trying to stop it. Of course there are some people who believe it is too late - but the jury is out on that.
Now there is a risk of new mutants coming in there is some urgency in trying to stop it. Of course there are some people who believe it is too late - but the jury is out on that.
The Cold War Steve drawing from 3 Feb is perfect for this.
Death riding through Heathrow pulling a plague doctor and cart full of dead bodies, while Johnson and Richard Branson play tennis.
Death riding through Heathrow pulling a plague doctor and cart full of dead bodies, while Johnson and Richard Branson play tennis.
Air travel is down approx. 90%, so it's not exactly 'people coming and going freely. The UK is one of the most multicultural in the World, millions have family connections around the World. Birth to deaths occur and people will try and see their loved ones for those reasons. There are private jets travel too.
Having to have antigen or PCR tests for both directions of flights I definitely don't call 'travelling freely'.
According to a reply I got yesterday. The majority of the travellers are holders of British passports, many of them on business. Not that it matters because as we have seen the British are ignoring the rules anyway. Celebrities and sportsmen don't think the restrictions apply to them either, not forgetting partying students.
Could it be that some people have different type of social life settings in comparison to yours and they should have choices too? Could it be that the business world has not shut down "yet"? Could it be that we were once led to believe that we lived in a democratic state and that we could actually have a choice and not been criminalised for haveing a say on our movements? Could it be...
That's a dictatorship for you
when you do your mandatory 2 PCR tests + 1 PCR test for test to release that 3 days outside going to test centres, hmmmm in mycase could be a 2hr train journey each way to comply
For such a small country the control of our borders really shouldn't be this difficult .
Why on earth didn't the Government do this 12 months ago, before the virus pandemic broke out and became established across the UK? They could likely have prevented its spread and the rate of infections. Government should have listened to the scientists and acted last winter.
I think he's been too generous and given us too much freedom. He's tried to keep us as free as possible and avoid destroying our economy, but it's a difficult balancing act. Half of me wants strict rules and the other half wants no restrictions let people make their own minds up but that is probably asking too much of everyone.
UK years behind many other countries as usual. That is why UK has one of the highest death tolls in the world - not bad for a little island - Plague Island
The sad truth is that under the leadership of Boris (saviour of Christmas) Johnson the UK has
Suffered the highest number of Covid deaths of any EU nation
Has suffered the 3rd highest number of deaths per 100,000 population of any nation on earth
Has the worst performing economy of any major nation worldwide
Is this what Boris meant when he promised that he would make the UK "world beating"?
Suffered the highest number of Covid deaths of any EU nation
Has suffered the 3rd highest number of deaths per 100,000 population of any nation on earth
Has the worst performing economy of any major nation worldwide
Is this what Boris meant when he promised that he would make the UK "world beating"?
But there are rule breakers in every single nation.
The uk is not unique nor is it any worse for this
The rule breaker blame game is Tory spin, dont you understand that?
The uk is not unique nor is it any worse for this
The rule breaker blame game is Tory spin, dont you understand that?
Yep, that’s the real reason.
The biggest mistake the uk government keeps making is trusting selfish brits to follow the rules without policing them.
The biggest mistake the uk government keeps making is trusting selfish brits to follow the rules without policing them.
Clearly you are a government troll.
Clearly Catseye27 blames everyone other than themselves. The policies were implemented by the Government, therefore they are responsible. If they are unimplementable or unenforceable it was a fault in the policy.
In a national 'survey' some 4+ years ago we discovered that 52% of the population aren't very bright. They preferred a lie on the side of a bus over multiple advice from people who know what they're talking about. In the long term the damage will be far greater than that of this awful pandemic.
Who are these people? Why are they travelling anyway?
Journalists
People with jobs and family abroad. "Global Britain", remember? You can't travel for fun at the moment. Restrictions and lockdowns are everywhere.
Testing before travel and on arrival is the best measure. Quarantine does not make much difference, from the moment you arrive you have the same restrictions as everyone else. I would focus a bit more on actually enforcing restrictions at home.
Testing before travel and on arrival is the best measure. Quarantine does not make much difference, from the moment you arrive you have the same restrictions as everyone else. I would focus a bit more on actually enforcing restrictions at home.
Sports teams,BBC journalists to report on the sports teams,you tubers,social media stars,selfish people,low level business people who can,t afford a private jet,more sports people and then the really selfish people who don,t give a monkeys.
So frightening how quick many are to completely, and indefinitely, write off all of our freedoms. Astonishing, massive, media driven over reaction. Thank God we have some back benchers fighting our corner.
If that is what you want then go.
As far as I am concerned, anybody who wants to leave the UK should be allowed to just as long as you can find someone to take you and somewhere that will accept you.
Returning is however a different matter and should require :-
Negative COVID-19 test.
14 days confirmed and paid quarantine.
Insurance to cover all private COVID-19 medical costs
As far as I am concerned, anybody who wants to leave the UK should be allowed to just as long as you can find someone to take you and somewhere that will accept you.
Returning is however a different matter and should require :-
Negative COVID-19 test.
14 days confirmed and paid quarantine.
Insurance to cover all private COVID-19 medical costs
what studies are you reading? The ones in the Beano?
With that disgraceful sense of entitlement I suggest you stay there. Permanently. Enjoy Brexit Spain
I'd be happy with a cuppa round a friend's after all this...as long as the teabag's left in for precisely 3 minutes
The sad truth is that under the leadership of Boris (saviour of Christmas) Johnson the UK has
Suffered the highest number of Covid deaths of any EU nation
Has suffered the 3rd highest number of deaths per 100,000 population of any nation on earth
Has the worst performing economy of any major nation worldwide
Is this what Boris meant when he promised that he would make the UK "world beating"?
Suffered the highest number of Covid deaths of any EU nation
Has suffered the 3rd highest number of deaths per 100,000 population of any nation on earth
Has the worst performing economy of any major nation worldwide
Is this what Boris meant when he promised that he would make the UK "world beating"?
Quite...and Russia's death toll has doubled overnight as they started acknowledging rather than hiding totals...we will only know when all this nightmare is over....UK as usual has been totally (indeed overly) clear in possibly attributing deaths to Covid...
And this is also true for the UK. The UK death toll is way higher than what has been reported :-(
Well you are aware that the UKs death toll from Covid could sadly be as high as 120,000 arent you?
And dont forget thet the UK only records deaths within 28 days of a positive test
Many other nations, including Belgium, still do as we did at the start and record all deaths where Covid is suspected
This is why we need a full public enquiry into how Boris handled the pandemic
And dont forget thet the UK only records deaths within 28 days of a positive test
Many other nations, including Belgium, still do as we did at the start and record all deaths where Covid is suspected
This is why we need a full public enquiry into how Boris handled the pandemic
I don't care how you calculate it, in excess of 100,000 dead is an appalling figure.
How many deaths has Australia had?
What happens if you haven't got a negative test result? Will you be returned to your place of departure at the next opportunity? What's the point of a fine and then allowing the travellers into the UK? Perhaps I'm not understanding how this all works. Any one care to clear things up for me please?
HAHA
UK is copying everything China has done and suggested to do?
Copy Copy Copy
UK is copying everything China has done and suggested to do?
Copy Copy Copy
Much needed but too little too late, again. Also why are Government paying for quarantine hotels? If you travel you should bear the burden. Essential travel is already excluded from restrictions!
12 months too late blah blah blah, Bojo blah blah blah, Brexit too blah blah blah, and other meaningless comments.
That should just about sum up this HYS.
That should just about sum up this HYS.
I suspect that most of us who have to travel for business would have no issue with this. The problem is getting the testing. In other countries one can book someone to come to the place where you're staying, do the test, and have the results in less than 12 hours. Why hasn't some enterprising person sorted that out here?
Normally agree with you - But I don't see much appetite for 1 week trip = 3 weeks and having to sit on plane with 100s of others in a mask for 10 hours plus. In addition more and more CFOs are seeing the huge cost savings from not having a sucking travel expense budget on the P&L..I think for 21/22 it will only be 'love travel (hate home/partner/kids)/senior execs' or emergency engineer types.
"It is in addition to the current rules which require travellers arriving in the UK - whether by boat, train or plane - to show proof of a negative Covid-19 test to be allowed entry."
Unless of course you get a taxi ride on a border force vessel.
Then no worries, in you come
Unless of course you get a taxi ride on a border force vessel.
Then no worries, in you come
Well its another nail in the coffin of the tourism industry. And its helping to keep a lid on all of our freedom. When will this idiocy end? A total disgrace all this unnecessary control of people that are frankly not at risk anyway. An utter shambles.
Priti Patel wanted to control our borders in March, but got overruled. What a mistake that turned out to be.....
Yes, but to be fair, she just wanted to stop foreigners. It was nothing about safety and she had no plan that could remotely work.
Bring in vaccine passports. I've been vaccinated and want to get back to normal. As a key worker, I deserve a long overdue holiday.
I would love to get the vaccine but not in the right group just yet. Meanwhile even though loads of people are turning it down there is no 'queue jumping'
I am a keyworker, I am in my 60's. I haven't had a holiday since Sept 2019. Am I bleating? No! I will wait my turn for the vaccine and wait for a holiday. Br grateful you are alive.
This policy will add in the region of £500 pp to the cost of foreign travel. Most countries require you to have a negative test before arrival. Then you will need another test before returning, then another 2 tests during quarantine. Each test costs c£120 at present.
Business travel will be cut back dramatically, families will face another year without seeing one another and tourism will die.
Business travel will be cut back dramatically, families will face another year without seeing one another and tourism will die.
Interesting to see this report up at the same time as the one stating that "Tui has said it expects to run 80% of its normal capacity for this summer, with 2.8 million customers already booked for its holidays." That's a lot of tests and a lot of people supposed to be in quarantine...
I'm sure many will agree with this policy. But do they realise that, if it goes on for too long, it will destroy the airlines, the foreign travel industry and UK tourism? And the impact will be felt not just in those sectors, but throughout the economy.
And, of course, when people do want to travel again there will be limited choice and sky high prices (for business as well as holidaymakers).
And, of course, when people do want to travel again there will be limited choice and sky high prices (for business as well as holidaymakers).
HAHA
UK is copying everything China has done and suggested to do?
Copy Copy Copy
UK is copying everything China has done and suggested to do?
Copy Copy Copy
I agree that Boris & the govt have made bad mistakes, & have got some things right. I find that understandable given this is a one is a 100 year event - hindsight is wonderful. However, to suggest he's just copied China is ridiculous - the Chinese govt lied (& lies) on numbers and prevented scientific evidence from being released as WHO rules require
HAHA, YOU HAVE NO CLUE RIGHT ?
COPY COPY COPY STOP COPYING CHINA
COPY COPY COPY STOP COPYING CHINA
Mystified that people are still coming and going freely, when uk residents can't travel 6 miles. Why is air travel so important that it seems largely immune to any restrictions
Too little too late!
We should be following Australia's lead in hotel quarantine for all incomers.:
1,000 deaths and a 2.6% growth in economy
UK: 100,000+ deaths and economy slump. Boris has failed on both counts.
We should be following Australia's lead in hotel quarantine for all incomers.:
1,000 deaths and a 2.6% growth in economy
UK: 100,000+ deaths and economy slump. Boris has failed on both counts.
The sad truth is that under the leadership of Boris (saviour of Christmas) Johnson the UK has
Suffered the highest number of Covid deaths of any EU nation
Has suffered the 3rd highest number of deaths per 100,000 population of any nation on earth
Has the worst performing economy of any major nation worldwide
Is this what Boris meant when he promised that he would make the UK "world beating"?
Suffered the highest number of Covid deaths of any EU nation
Has suffered the 3rd highest number of deaths per 100,000 population of any nation on earth
Has the worst performing economy of any major nation worldwide
Is this what Boris meant when he promised that he would make the UK "world beating"?
I suspect that most of us who have to travel for business would have no issue with this. The problem is getting the testing. In other countries one can book someone to come to the place where you're staying, do the test, and have the results in less than 12 hours. Why hasn't some enterprising person sorted that out here?
Promised by Johnson in the Commons.........on the 20th of May last year.
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-world-beating-track-and-trace-system-ready-for-schools-to-reopen-pm-promises-11991606