These Countries Are On The UK's Travel Quarantine Exemption List

Arriving from Australia, Ireland and Japan – among others – will not require two weeks of self-isolation.
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There has been a flurry of positive announcements in the battle against coronavirus in recent days, most notably the prospect of a third vaccine being distributed within a matter of weeks. 

And there are changes that could make international travel possible.

Passengers who arrive from a destination not on the government’s travel corridors list will still need to enter self-isolation.

But under new rules, they can reduce the 14-day period by paying for a test from a private firm after five days at a cost of £65-£120.

Countries on the quarantine exemption list are:

Anguilla

Antigua and Barbuda

Australia

The Azores

Bahrain (arrivals before 4am November 14 need to self-isolate)

Barbados

Bermuda

Bonaire/St Eustatius/Saba (arrivals before 4am November 21 need to self-isolate)

British Antarctic Territory

British Indian Ocean Territory

British Virgin Islands

Brunei

Cambodia (arrivals before 4am November 14 need to self-isolate)

The Canary Islands

Cayman Islands

The Channel Islands

Chile (arrivals before 4am November 14 need to self-isolate)

Cuba

Dominica

Estonia

Falkland Islands

Faroe Islands

Fiji

Finland

Gibraltar

Greek islands: Corfu, Crete, Kos, Rhodes, Zakynthos

Greenland

Grenada

Hong Kong

Iceland (arrivals before 4am November 14 need to self-isolate)

Ireland

the Isle of Man

Israel and Jerusalem (arrivals before 4am November 21 need to self-isolate) 

Japan

Laos (arrivals before 4am November 14 need to self-isolate)

Latvia

Macao (Macau)

Madeira

Malaysia

Maldives

Mauritius

Montserrat

Namibia (arrivals before 4am November21 need to self-isolate)

New Caledonia

New Zealand

Northern Mariana Islands (arrivals before 4am November 21 need to self-isolate)

Norway

Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands

Qatar (arrivals before 4am November 14 need to self-isolate)

Rwanda (arrivals before 4am November 21 need to self-isolate)

Seychelles

Singapore

South Korea

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Sri Lanka (arrivals before 4am November 21 need to self-isolate)

St Barthélemy

St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

St Kitts and Nevis

St Lucia

St Pierre and Miquelon

St Vincent and the Grenadines

Taiwan

Thailand

Turks and Caicos Islands (arrivals before 4am November 14 need to self-isolate)

United Arab Emirates (arrivals before 4am November 14 need to self-isolate)

Uruguay (arrivals before 4am November 21 need to self-isolate)

US Virgin Islands (arrivals before 4am November 21 need to self-isolate)

Vietnam 

The Department for Transport makes decisions each week based on the seven-day rate of coronavirus cases, removing and adding countries from the list.

A rate of 20 per 100,000 people is the threshold above which the Government considers triggering quarantine conditions.

Penalties for those breaching the self-isolation rules have increased from £1,000 for a first offence up to £10,000 for subsequent offences.