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The Balearic Islands were removed from the quarantine-free travel list

For now, the announcement can only be applied to England, but Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will be expected to follow suit with the same policy.

Spain's Balearic Islands looks to be returning to the United Kingdom's amber list from the 19th of July, which is less than a month after the Island was deemed fit for quarantine-free travel.

This also means that anyone travelling from Ibiza, Menorca or Majorca to England will have to undergo a 10-day period of self-isolation unless they are British citizens who have received both vaccines from the NHS or are under 18, and best nz online casino showed their stance on this matter.

For now, the announcement can only be applied to England, but Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will be expected to follow suit with the same policy.

It's only been less than two weeks after the Balearic Islands were added to the green list before this England adopted this policy once more, as a response to the rapid rise in cases. United Kingdom Secretary Grant Shapps spoke to the reporters that the government need to act fast, as the cases have doubled on the islands.

Some believed that the new surge in cases could be connected to end-of-term parties being held in the Balearics.

While this happening in Balearics Islands, many countries were moved onto the green list and green watchlist. Travellers from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Croatia and Bulgaria can freely travel without the need to quarantine on arrival, starting from the 19th of July. This news will come as a big blow to the British travellers currently in Spain' Balearic Islands. For example, Natalie Ward is currently on holiday with her husband and two young children for a fortnight in the islands. She took to her Twitter page to plead for a 4 days’ notice: "Our flight home from the #Balearics lands at 2pm Monday means we miss the green list return by 12hours. @British_Airways wants to charge us £400 to move our flight forward 1day so we do not need to self-isolate. @BorisJohnson gives us 4 days notice to change flights & Covid tests."

Knowing that the next update will be released to the media on 19 July, they booked their trip and made arrangements to return on that day – travellers always had until the next morning to return home for the previous updates that have happened with citing from big win online casino.

She added: "The last time the list changed people had to be home by early Tuesday morning so we planned for that. They've changed the times on this update and so it is impossible to keep up."

Now the family are en route to miss the green list by just 12 hours which will see them being forced to self-isolate for 10 days with little notice. "I am self-employed and will not have to isolate at home with two very small children," she adds. "My husband will have to work from home which is not ideal for his job either." Natalie currently faces a £400 (€470) charge from British Airways to change their flights or will be forced into self-isolation with her family on their return.

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