U.K. to Exempt ‘High-Value’ Business Travelers From Quarantine
- Sports stars, performers, journalists, exempt from Saturday
- Arrivals in those categories won’t have to self-isolate
Until now, there were only a limited number of exemptions to the U.K.’s onerous quarantine rules.
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The U.K. moved to exempt “high-value” executives from rules requiring people entering the country to quarantine for two weeks, in a move designed to boost business.
The rule change means that from 4 a.m. on Saturday, business people arriving in the U.K. from countries that aren’t on the U.K.’s travel corridors list won’t have to self-isolate for 14 days, the Department for Transport said Thursday in a statement.