Here’s why Czech Republic, Switzerland and Jamaica have been added to the UK’s quarantine list - and what to do if you have a holiday booked

By Helen Johnson
Published 28th Aug 2020, 15:24 BST
Updated 28th Aug 2020, 15:24 BST
Czech Republic, Switzerland and Jamaica have been removed from the government’s travel corridor list, meaning travellers returning to the UK from these countries will have to self-isolate for 14 days (Photo: Shutterstock)Czech Republic, Switzerland and Jamaica have been removed from the government’s travel corridor list, meaning travellers returning to the UK from these countries will have to self-isolate for 14 days (Photo: Shutterstock)
Czech Republic, Switzerland and Jamaica have been removed from the government’s travel corridor list, meaning travellers returning to the UK from these countries will have to self-isolate for 14 days (Photo: Shutterstock)

Czech Republic, Switzerland and Jamaica have been removed from the government’s travel corridor list, meaning travellers returning to the UK from these countries will have to self-isolate for 14 days.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has also updated its travel advice for these three countries to ‘all but essential travel’, based on “the current assessment of COVID-19 risks.”

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Why have they been removed from the travel corridor list?

The new restrictions are coming into place in an attempt to reduce the spread of coronavirus.

Switzerland, which was removed from the travel corridor list in Scotland last week, recently reported more than 300 new cases in a 24-hour period.

According to data cited by the Department for Transport, the Czech Republic has also seen a 25 per cent increase in cases in the last week, and Jamaica's infections have risen from 4.3 per 100,000 people to 20.8 in the past seven days.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said on Twitter: “The decision on whether to add or remove a country is carefully made after research from the Joint Biosecurity Centre.

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