Britain has published a list of countries to which people can travel without facing quarantine when they return to England. But Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have not agreed to lift the quarantine rules and the plan has been criticised as “shambolic”. Boris Johnson’s government promised weeks ago to establish reciprocal “air bridges” with countries where coronavirus is under control. But the list of 59 countries and 14 British overseas territories includes countries that are still requiring visitors from Britain to quarantine. Visitors from Ireland have always been exempt from British quarantine rules because of the Common Travel Area, although people arriving in Ireland from Britain are required to self-isolate.

Source: The Irish Times July 03, 2020 15:22 UTC