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March 8th Travel Advice callout update
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kevindew authored Mar 5, 2021
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<div class="travel-advice-notice__content">
<% if @content_item.ireland? %>
<%= render 'content_items/ireland_covid_travel_guidance' %>
<% else %>
<p class="govuk-body">
<strong>
Under current UK COVID-19 restrictions, you must stay at home. You must not travel, including abroad, unless you have a legally permitted reason to do so. It is illegal to travel abroad for holidays and other leisure purposes.
</strong>
</p>
<p class="govuk-body">
Check the <a href="/guidance/national-lockdown-stay-at-home">rules that apply to you in England</a>, <a href="https://www.gov.scot/coronavirus-covid-19/">Scotland</a>, <a href="https://gov.wales/covid-19-alert-levels">Wales</a> and <a href="https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/coronavirus-covid-19-regulations-guidance-what-restrictions-mean-you">Northern Ireland</a>.
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<p class="govuk-body">
If you intend to <a href="/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-testing-for-people-travelling-to-england">travel to the UK from abroad</a>, including UK nationals returning home, you must provide evidence of a negative COVID-19 test result taken up to 3 days before departure. If you do not comply (and you do not have a valid exemption) your airline or carrier may refuse you boarding and/or you may be fined on arrival.
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<p class="govuk-body">
Before you return to the UK you must <a href="/provide-journey-contact-details-before-travel-uk">provide your journey and contact details</a>. You must <a href="/uk-border-control">self-isolate</a> when you enter the UK from any foreign country except Ireland, unless you have a valid exemption.
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<p class="govuk-body">
When you enter England from abroad (except Ireland), you must follow the new requirements for quarantining and taking additional COVID-19 tests. For those travelling from a country on the <a href="/guidance/transport-measures-to-protect-the-uk-from-variant-strains-of-covid-19">banned travel list</a> you will be required to <a href="/guidance/booking-and-staying-in-a-quarantine-hotel-when-you-arrive-in-england"> quarantine in a hotel</a>. Different rules apply for arrivals into <a href="/guidance/how-to-quarantine-when-you-arrive-in-england">England</a>, <a href="https://www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-public-health-checks-at-borders/">Scotland</a>, <a href="https://gov.wales/how-self-isolate-when-you-travel-wales-coronavirus-covid-19">Wales</a> and <a href="https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/coronavirus-covid-19-international-travel-advice">Northern Ireland</a>.
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<p class="govuk-body">
If you are legally permitted to travel abroad, <a href="/guidance/travel-advice-novel-coronavirus">check our advice</a> on your <a href="/foreign-travel-advice">country of destination</a>. Some other countries have closed borders, and may further restrict movement or bring in new rules including testing requirements with little warning.
</p>
<% end %>
<p class="govuk-body">
<strong>
Under current UK COVID-19 restrictions, you must stay at home. It is illegal to travel abroad for holidays or leisure purposes.
</strong>
Check the <a href="/guidance/national-lockdown-stay-at-home">rules in England</a>, <a href="https://www.gov.scot/coronavirus-covid-19/">Scotland</a>, <a href="https://gov.wales/covid-19-alert-levels">Wales</a> and <a href="https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/coronavirus-covid-19-regulations-guidance-what-restrictions-mean-you">Northern Ireland</a>.
</p>
<p class="govuk-body">
Do not travel unless you have a legally permitted reason to do so. In England, from 8 March you must <a href="/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-declaration-form-for-international-travel">complete a declaration form for international travel</a> (except for travel to Ireland).
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<p class="govuk-body">
<a href="/guidance/travel-advice-novel-coronavirus">Check our advice</a> for all the countries you will visit or transit through. Some countries have closed borders, and any country may further restrict travel or bring in new rules with little warning.
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<p class="govuk-body">
To <a href="/uk-border-control">enter or return to the UK from abroad</a> (except from Ireland), you must follow all the rules for entering the UK. These include providing your journey and contact details, and evidence of a negative COVID-19 test before you travel. When you arrive, you must quarantine and take additional COVID-19 tests. This will take place in a managed quarantine hotel if you enter England from a <a href="/guidance/transport-measures-to-protect-the-uk-from-variant-strains-of-covid-19">red list travel ban country</a>, or enter Scotland.
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