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Quarantine for Andorra, Bahamas and Belgium travellers


August 07, 2020 - 810 views

North Wales travellers returning from Andorra, the Bahamas and Belgium will have to self quarantine from today as rising infection rates have forced their removal from a list of countries exempt from health measures.

The announcement was made yesterday and will impact immediately. As a result, travellers will be forced by law to stay at home for 14 days. Travellers to Brunei and Malaysia will see quarantine restrictions eased.

Health Minister Vaughan Gethin said: "I attended a meeting of ministers from all four UK countries to consider the public health risk posed by an increasing prevalence of COVID-19 in Andorra, the Bahamas and Belgium.

"Having considered the evidence for the public health risk now posed by travellers who enter the UK from these places, the Welsh Government will later today remove Andorra, the Bahamas and Belgium from the list of countries and territories exempt from our health measures at the border.

"Together with other UK ministers I have also considered the public health risk posed by a decreasing prevalence of COVID-19 in Brunei and Malaysia. 

"As a consequence, the Welsh Government will add Brunei and Malaysia to the list of countries and territories exempt from our health measures at the border."