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Written question asked by Andrew Gwynne (Labour) on Thursday, 16 July 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 21 July 2020 (named day). It was answered by Kelly Tolhurst (Conservative) on Tuesday, 21 July 2020 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Travel: Coronavirus

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to include Madeira on the list of countries and territories with no self-isolation on arrival in England during the covid-19 pandemic.

Answer

Our approach to travel corridors has been guided by the science and we have worked closely with health and policy experts from across government to ensure the steps we are taking will minimise the risk of importing COVID-19 cases, while helping to open our travel and tourism sector. The Joint Biosecurity Centre, in close consultation with Public Health England (PHE) and the Chief Medical Officer, has developed an approach to assessing the public health risk associated with inbound travel from specific countries and territories. The resulting categorisation methodology has been informed by a number of factors including an estimate of the proportion of the population that is currently infectious in each country, trends in virus incidences and deaths, transmission status and international epidemic intelligence. We have also considered issues such as the testing capacity of each country and the quality of the data available.

Although Madeira was not included in the travel corridors announced on 3 July, the Health Regulations relating to the self-isolation requirements remain under constant review. The next formal review will be on 27 July 2020.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
75217
Session
2019-21
Transferred
Yes
Subjects
Quarantine Travel Madeira Coronavirus
Link
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