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| Coronavirus: Singapore and Thailand added to England's 'quarantine-free' list | |
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| People arriving from Singapore and Thailand in England and Scotland will not need to quarantine from Saturday morning, the government has said. | People arriving from Singapore and Thailand in England and Scotland will not need to quarantine from Saturday morning, the government has said. |
| They have been added to the list of "travel corridor" countries. | They have been added to the list of "travel corridor" countries. |
| But travellers coming from Slovenia and Guadeloupe will have to self-isolate for two weeks after they were removed from the travel exemptions list. | |
| So-called travel corridors are in place to allow freer movement while trying to minimise the spread of coronavirus. | So-called travel corridors are in place to allow freer movement while trying to minimise the spread of coronavirus. |
| The Department for Transport (DfT) said there had been "a significant change in both the level and pace of confirmed cases of coronavirus" in both Slovenia and Guadeloupe. | |
| Data from Slovenia shows that its seven-day rate of cases is 29.1 per 100,000 people, up from 14.4 in the previous seven days. | |
| The rate for Guadeloupe has risen more than six-fold in the past four weeks, the DfT said. | |
| When a country's rate rises above 20, the UK government considers imposing quarantine restrictions. |