Sarah Ortbal, a sophomore at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, said there was little supervision for quarantined students in her dorm complex. (Wes Frazer/The New York Times) Across the United States, colleges that have reopened for in-person instruction are struggling to contain the rapid-fire spread of coronavirus among tens […]
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Poveglia is the most famous of the city’s quarantine islands – getty Returning holidaymakers currently under quarantine for being careless enough to go to Portugal or French Polynesia (and live in Wales or Scotland rather than England, or is it the other way round?) should spare a thought for the […]
portugal – Getty The Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps, has defended the UK Government’s decision to maintain England’s travel corridors with Portugal and Greece, despite Scotland and Wales reintroducing travel restrictions. This week the English, Welsh and Scottish quarantine policies have split. Scotland has imposed a quarantine on Greece, while Wales has […]
Portugal could soon be added to the UK’s ‘red list’ of travel destinations Portugal is set to be removed from the UK travel corridors list, as Covid-19 cases in the country exceed 20 per 100,000. Speaking on Sky News this morning, Matt Hancock said: “The simple answer is that […]
Anthropologists of yore could hardly have predicted that masturbating and bread-baking would serve as summer 2020’s premier pastimes. But in the midst of a global pandemic, while quarantine is simply a mandated way of life, most of us are nothing if not restless and horny. “There are a lot of […]
Quarantine requirements for travelers have become increasingly common throughout the U.S., but local and state governments have struggled to contain the spread of the coronavirus with limited manpower and dwindling resources, and following quarantine rules is more often than not left to the traveler’s discretion. (Brian Stauffer/The New York Times) […]
Staying at home with a young child—and not being allowed to go out at all—can be such a test of many things. But for working mum, Goh Yiping, a partner at a venture fund, juggling work and parenting when you’re stuck in a hotel room for 14 days brought about […]
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal is sending border control reinforcements to an airport in the sunny Algarve as authorities struggle to cope with a surge in arrivals of British tourists after quarantine rules were lifted last week. The decision to send more officers to the airport in Faro […]
Kevin Mazur/Getty; Jason Koerner/Getty; Kevin Mazur/Getty Celebrities traveling to perform at the 2020 Video Music Awards in New York City will not be subjected to the statewide mandatory 14-day quarantine imposed on travelers coming from areas with high rates of COVID-19. New York State Department of Health (DOH) officials told […]
Switzerland is on the brink of breaching the UK’s quarantine threshold – Getty A handful of European countries could be removed from the UK’s shrinking quarantine-free list as new cases rise across the continent. The Czech Republic reported 506 positive tests on Friday, its highest daily rise since the start of […]
Cases rose again on Tuesday – Getty Croatia remains on the cusp of UK quarantine restrictions after a recent rise in coronavirus cases. The country recorded its second highest number of new infections on Tuesday – 199 – leading to a rise up to 27 in its cumulative seven-day average, […]
Shannon Silver had planned to take her family on a trip from her home in Connecticut to visit relatives in Ohio just before the start of the school year for her two children. But she and her husband reversed course when people traveling from Ohio were added to a list […]
The Scotland-based Dunedin Consort were staying in Lessay Abbey in Normandy, performing their first concert since lockdown, when the 14 day quarantine was announced. A group of musicians managed to avoid the French quarantine rules with 10 minutes to spare after chartering a fishing boat to get them back to […]
Around 160,000 tourists made it back to the UK before the 4am deadline Supermarkets are dramatically expanding home delivery slots to cater for the huge number of returning holidaymakers who will be forced to self isolate due to new quarantine regulations. An estimated half a million tourists are currently on […]
British holidaymakers are racing back from France today to avoid the two-week quarantine that comes into effect at 4am on Saturday. They face paying hundreds of pounds to make a quick exit from the country with the cheapest ticket on a Eurostar train from Paris to London going for £210 […]
British holidaymakers will have to quarantine if they return after 4am tomorrow – Getty The UK may impose quarantine on any country with more than 20 cases per 100,000 people, Grant Shapps has said. The Transport Secretary said once infection rates reach this level it can “trigger” the removal of […]
Travelelrs, wearing protective face masks, line up at a check-in desk of the Orly Airport, south of Paris on August 1, 2020 during a major weekend of the French summer holidays – Stephanie de Sakutin/AFP France is among six countries that have been struck off the Government’s quarantine free travel […]
Paris has tightened rules on wearing face masks in public France is days away from being added to the UK’s quarantine list, according to senior sources within the Government. The Foreign Office is due to update its ‘safe’ list this week, with Portugal hoping to gain its first travel corridor […]
Wondering how states and cities enforce traveler quarantines to help stop the spread of COVID-19? Chicago health officials turn to social media for help. The city issued an emergency travel order July 2 requiring visitors and residents who have traveled to destinations with problematic COVID-19 trends to quarantine for 14 days on arrival. […]
ibiza – istock The majority of Britons agree with the Government’s decision to reinstate quarantine restrictions on arrivals from Spain, with 84 per cent expressing support for the decision, according to a new YouGov poll. Just 31 per cent of those surveyed believe more warning should have been given before […]
By Emma Pinedo and Nathan Allen MADRID (Reuters) – Spain said on Monday it hoped to convince Britain to exempt the Balearic and Canary islands from a sudden quarantine, and other Spanish regions said they also felt unfairly penalised by the sweeping British move. Britain on Saturday shocked Madrid, and […]
CONNECTICUT — Connecticut could issue $1,000 fines for travelers from states on the coronavirus quarantine list if they don’t comply with quarantine rules. The rules also require travelers from those states to fill out an online form prior to arrival. Enforcement of the fine will evolve over time, Gov. Ned […]