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The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 2021 Published Date: 15/02/2021

Hotel quarantine regulations coming into force 4am on Monday 15 February 2021.

Amongst other amendments, these regulations:

1. impose a requirement for travellers from countries listed in Schedule B1[of the Regulations] to obtain a package comprising a booking for 10 days in accommodation designated by the Secretary of State, transportation to the accommodation and for tests for the coronavirus on day 2 and day 8 after the traveller’s arrival in England.

2. impose requirements on travellers from outside the common travel area to obtain a testing package comprising a booking for two tests for the detection of SARS-CoV-2. The first test is to be taken within two days of a traveller’s arrival in England and it is to be capable of permitting genomic sequencing of any sample. The second test is to be taken after seven days of the traveller’s arrival in England.