New Covid rules which come into force on March 29th will make it illegal to go to an airport without a “reasonable” excuse. Rule breakers will face a fine of £5,000. ITV News has the story.
A ban on leaving the country without a reasonable excuse is included in new Covid laws coming into force in England next week until at least early May.
The legislation for restrictions over the coming months was published on Monday, as the Government sets out its roadmap for coming out of lockdown.
From March 29th, leaving the UK is banned unless a person has “a reasonable excuse”. …
The rules will be up for review in 35 days, taking the travel ban through until at least May 3rd.
The ban is in place for all who don’t have a “reasonable excuse” to leave the country.
The document outlines those reasons that would allow for international travel – including work purposes, a course of study, elite sport, or fulfilling a legal obligation overseas.
People buying or selling a property outside of the UK can also leave the country, as well as those providing care, or requiring medical treatment overseas.
Rule breakers face a fine of £5,000.
The prospect of going on holiday outside Britain this year is becoming increasingly precarious – due in part to fears about the increase in Covid cases across Europe.
The move adds further doubt to the hope of holidays abroad for Brits this year.
Care minister Helen Whately told ITV News she would urge Brits to be “cautious” about booking travel overseas this summer.
“I would advise people to wait until the international travel task force has reported back before going ahead and booking international holidays.”
The Government’s global travel taskforce is assessing whether overseas tourism will be able to get ahead this year.
International travel for recreational purposes is set to remain off limits until at least May 17th in line with the PM’s roadmap out of lockdown.
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On the scale of coercion-free, stateless voluntarism, anarchism- call it what you will-to North Korea, where do you think we are now?
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All cause excess deaths in Europe are below trend, even in France, where 200-300 people are recorded as dying with covid each day this week, compared with normal average daily death rate of 1,800.
The repeating problem is that localised issues remain with the number of ICU beds. This is a management and financial issue which has now had 12 months to be solved. Because of years of cut backs in fundamental requirements and lack of management skills in health services, the populace of western countries are being denied freedoms.
Apparently its easier to spend countless $billions on ‘pandemic controls’ and novel vaccines than it is to put a few more beds in hospitals and train a few more nurses. Well it is if those countless $billions end up the back pockets of ‘friends and family’.
I agree. Destroying civil society always seemed an over-the-top method of managing ICU demand. It would be cheaper for every house to have an ICU room and train us all as ICU doctors.
Perhaps we should all go on holiday abroad, surely they will find it difficult to fine 67 million people