Germany and Sweden have been removed from the UK government’s list of travel corridors.
While leisure travel is banned as part of the England-wide lockdown measures, transport secretary Grant Shapps pointed out business travel is exempt in some cases when making his weekly corridors announcement via Twitter.
Germany and Sweden will be removed from the corridors list from 4am on Saturday, November 7.
The Foreign Office (FCDO) also updated its travel advice to warn against all but essential travel to both destinations.
In a series of tweets, Shapps confirmed no countries are being added to the corridors list this week.
In line with the new COVID-19 guidance, travel outside of home, with the exception of a limited number of reasons including work or education, is not permitted during lockdown. #TRAVELCORRIDORS do remain critical to the Government’s COVID-19 response, keeping imported cases DOWN.
— Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP (@grantshapps) November 5, 2020
We are removing SWEDEN and GERMANY from the Travel Corridor list. From 4am Saturday 7th November, if you arrive into the UK from these destinations you will need to self-isolate. All arriving passengers should complete a passenger locator form on arrival.
— Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP (@grantshapps) November 5, 2020
We are NOT adding any countries to the list of TRAVEL CORRIDORS this week. TRAVEL CORRIDORS remain open for those returning to the UK. Further guidance available here: https://t.co/Ks4L8SDmdp
— Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP (@grantshapps) November 5, 2020
