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At the UK epidemic briefing just held, British Home Secretary Patel announced: Starting from June 8, all people entering the UK by plane, ferry, road or train, whether they are foreigners or British citizens, must self-isolate for 14 days after entering the country.
Patel said that all travelers arriving in the UK will be asked to provide detailed accommodation and future travel plans.
Health officials will conduct random checks on whether incoming personnel comply with the quarantine regulations based on the information provided by passengers. Those who fail to comply with the regulations will be fined £1,000 or prosecuted. According to the " Daily Telegraph ", British health officials will conduct about 100 quarantine spot checks every day.
Passengers can choose their own quarantine location when entering the UK. If the accommodation provided by the passenger does not meet the requirements, the quarantine location will be provided by the government, but the fee will be paid by the quarantine.
. Passengers who travel in the Common Travel Area, that is, in the UK, Ireland , Isle of Man , Jersey and Guernsey do not have to comply with the 14-day entry quarantine policy.
Other people who have received entry quarantine exemption include: truck drivers, porters, laborers responsible for picking fruits and vegetables, people engaged in national security, key national positions, people who fulfill international obligations, and scientists engaged in COVID-19 research, etc.
After entering the UK, quarantines must abide by the following regulations during the quarantine period:
· When going to the final destination, quarantines should try to drive themselves and avoid using public transportation as much as possible;
· During the 14 days of quarantine, quarantines should not leave their registered residence at the time of entry;
· During the quarantine period, quarantines cannot go to work, go to school or visit public places;
· During the quarantine period, quarantines cannot receive visitors or allow visitors to stay unless they are visitors who provide necessary support;
·If others help shopping, quarantines should avoid shopping;
·In addition, the UK will also encourage people to download the NHS COVID-19 tracking application when entering the UK.
UK government also announced that during the implementation of this policy, all non-British persons who are unwilling to comply with the new regulations and unable to provide their address in the UK will be denied entry, and entries who are unable to complete the information will be fined 100 pounds.
Patel said that this policy was introduced to prevent a second wave of the new coronavirus epidemic. The British government has previously stated that after the measure is introduced, it will be reviewed every three weeks.
UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has called for the establishment of "Air Bridges" between the UK and European holiday hotspots, a policy that means that travelers between the UK and another country will receive entry quarantine exemptions after bilateral travel and return home.
But judging from the policies announced by the British government today, this plan has been denied at present.
UK private schools and universities actively responded
On the same day when the UK introduced the 14-day quarantine policy for entry, some UK private schools have begun to take measures to actively respond.
Buckswood School in East Sussex, UK is a private school with mixed men and women. The school also introduced a plan to deal with the upcoming 14-day self-isolation policy for entry into the UK today.
Huawenjun learned from the school that in order to comply with the British government's regulations on quarantine, the school will open student accommodation and arrange for students to self-isolate two weeks before the start of school, that is, from August 24 to September 7. The school will charge a fee of about £850 per week for boarding students. At the same time, students are allowed to participate in some campus activities during the quarantine period. I hope that students can adapt to the upcoming campus life while being quarantined in advance.
▲Buckswood School opens accommodation in advance for students to isolate
Buckswood School confirms that if students can provide a test certificate for negative COVID-19 tests before the specified date, they can avoid entering the school in advance for quarantine.
At the same time, the school also said that they will purchase some COVID-19 rapid testing packages for biweekly testing or "special" tests. If the student passes the test, the school hopes to avoid having the student quarantine for up to two weeks.
. For freshmen who enroll in the next semester, Buckswood School told Huawenjun that freshmen who cannot arrive due to the epidemic will have the right to receive a full refund of the paid fees and deposits. If the school continues to be closed in the next semester, the school will give students who receive distance teaching a certain tuition discount.
School also reminds parents to pay attention that if students returning to school do not undergo two weeks of accommodation isolation at school, the host family and guardian must be responsible for arranging the isolation.
Some British universities have also announced that some courses will be put online in the next semester. Click here for details: Cambridge University clarification: It is not a "online school"! Will British universities "refund tuition fees"? The education community responded.
Previously, the BBC reported that the COVID-19 pandemic has hit the global education industry, especially the Western education industry, even more than the construction, retail, transportation and catering industries.
Chinese and British flights are affected by the entry isolation policy?
Of course, the upcoming entry quarantine policy in the UK has also disrupted the resumption of flight plans of major airlines to a certain extent.
British Airways plans to resume operations on a large scale in July and restart some routes to China in June, but the company said the 14-day quarantine policy implemented by the British government may undermine British Airways' re-flight plan.
On May 18, Huawenjun quoted Business Traveller's report as saying that British Airways is currently preparing to resume flights from Heathrow Airport to Beijing Daxing Airport from June 14, and plans to resume flight plans for London Heathrow to and from Shanghai Pudong Airport in June, but only the following reservation spaces are open: A/C/E/B.
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On May 19, the 21st Century Business Herald obtained a latest emergency telegram notification from the Civil Aviation Administration of China. The notice requires the civil aviation administrations and airlines in various regions to apply for an international flight pre-flight plan one or two months in advance to reasonably control the number of pre-sales of international tickets. Airlines that have not yet resumed flights shall not pre-sale international tickets before approval of resumption of flights.
"Five ones" refer to the regulations for an airline, a country, a route, a week, and a flight that the Civil Aviation Administration of China began to implement from March 29. According to Xinhuanet, the Civil Aviation Administration’s “five ones” policy will last until at least the end of June.
From May 18, domestic airlines have successively announced the latest international flight plans for June.
Air China:
From 0:00 on June 1 to 24:00 on June 30, there are 24 international routes per week, including 19 Beijing diversion routes, 3 Shanghai-related routes, 2 Chengdu-related routes, and only the Chinese-UK round trip routes are Shanghai-to-London.
China Eastern Airlines:
From 0:00 on May 31 to 24:00 on June 30, a weekly flight will be arranged to and from Shanghai and London. It will take off from Shanghai Pudong Airport to London Heathrow Airport on Thursday and return on Friday.
China Southern Airlines:
starts in June, takes off from Guangzhou every Wednesday and returns from London Heathrow on Thursday.
Airlines strongly oppose
UK and European airlines have warned that the upcoming 14-day quarantine measures for entry by the British government may make the already severe aviation industry situation worse. Affected by the epidemic, the frequency of British people traveling by plane has decreased by 99%.
Earlier this week, Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary said the plan to require incoming passengers to be quarantined was "stupid" and "unfeasible".
, and the British Airways industry alliance organization Airlines UK, said the quarantine measures will "significantly reduce" the number of international passengers traveling to the UK.
easeyJet previously announced that it will resume some flights on June 15, and all passengers and crew members must wear masks and require passengers to wear masks. The flights restarted in the first phase of
easeJet are mainly domestic routes in the UK and international routes to France.
The domestic routes in the UK are mainly round-trip flights between British cities such as London Gatwick Airport , Bristol , Birmingham , Liverpool, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Belfast.
▲ The body temperature detection device of Manchester Airport
easyJet told the BBC that since mid-June, an average of 189 flights per week have been operated.
easyJet restarts the only international flight from Gatwick Airport to Nice, France. Other countries, such as the UK's routes to and from Portugal, , Switzerland, and Spain will resume later.
Recently, the EU Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) also issued a safety guideline to EU airports and airlines on its website, which include:
·Airline staff and airport staff must wear masks;
·Passes must wear masks during their journey and will be replaced every four hours;
·Vehicles' relatives and friends can only say goodbye outside the terminal;
·Selling duty-free goods will be prohibited from selling tax-free goods on terminals and flights.
These measures are expected to be adopted by all EU member states and will greatly change people's habits of traveling by plane.
▲Since this week, Heathrow Terminal 2 began to use thermal sensing technology for body temperature detection
Since the UK entered the "Brexit" transition period on January 31, although the UK does not have to comply with the EU Aviation Safety Agency's policies and has not participated in the formulation of this safety guidelines, there are reports that the UK may also implement similar regulations.
The UK will implement a 14-day quarantine policy for entry in early June. Are you still planning to travel this summer?
