Travelers to Great Britain must show a negative corona test from this Tuesday before they come into the country. The regulation applies to all adults as well as children and adolescents from the age of twelve. The PCR or antigen test must not be older than 48 hours. With the measure the spread of the omicron variant of the coronavirus is to be slowed downas announced by the British Ministry of Health.
The government had previously made a post-arrival PCR test mandatory for all travelers. A quarantine obligation applies until a negative result is received. The government in London also has one for those arriving from several African countries, including South Africa and Nigeria Obligation to quarantine ten days in a hotel at your own expense imposed. Critics had described the travel restrictions as ineffective, as the Omikron variant is already circulating in Great Britain. Domestic contact restrictions are more important, experts demanded.