{"id":20793,"date":"2020-07-04T02:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T23:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/uk-scraps-quarantine-for-some-visitors-as-pubs-set-to-reopen\/"},"modified":"2020-07-04T02:55:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T23:55:00","slug":"uk-scraps-quarantine-for-some-visitors-as-pubs-set-to-reopen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/uk-scraps-quarantine-for-some-visitors-as-pubs-set-to-reopen\/","title":{"rendered":"#UK scraps quarantine for some visitors as pubs set to reopen"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#UK scraps quarantine for some visitors as pubs set to reopen<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n LONDON \u2014 Boris Johnson wants a haircut and a beer.<\/p>\n

Like millions of other Britons, the prime minister will be able to have a trim and a tipple on Saturday, when the country takes its biggest step yet out of coronavirus lockdown with the reopening in England of restaurants, pubs and hairdressers, along with secular and sacred venues including cinemas and churches.<\/p>\n

Britain is also opening up to travel<\/a>, announcing Friday that it will scrap a requirement for people arriving from dozens of countries to spend 14 days in isolation. Starting July 10, quarantine will be lifted for arrivals from countries deemed \u201clower risk\u201d for the coronavirus, including Australia, Japan, France, Spain, Germany and Italy \u2014 but not the United States, the world\u2019s worst-hit country from COVID-19.<\/p>\n

For isolation-weary Britons and cash-starved businesses, relief at easing the three-month lockdown is mixed with trepidation. Britain has the highest COVID-19 toll in Europe, with more than 44,000 confirmed deaths, and scientists say the coronavirus is still on the loose. Even the usually ebullient Johnson said this week that the virus was \u201c still circling like a shark in the water.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWithout doubt, lockdown has saved many hundreds of thousands of lives,\u201d Johnson said at a news<\/a> conference Friday. \u201cBut it has also had a devastating impact on our way of life and our economy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Johnson urged Britons to enjoy themselves, and has said he plans to have a pint and get his shaggy blond locks trimmed this weekend. But he also urged people to be careful and follow social<\/a> distancing rules.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a big turning point for us,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ve got to get it right.\u201d<\/p>\n

When pubs and restaurants reopen Saturday, it will be anything but business as usual.<\/p>\n

They will have to take contact details for each group, and people can only socialize with one other household at a time. There will be more cleaning, a ban on queuing at the bar for a drink, and reduced capacity, with patrons told to stay at least one meter (three feet) apart.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the vast majority of pubs and restaurants are welcoming and opening with enthusiasm,\u201d said Jane Pendlebury, chief executive of Hospa, the Hospitality Professionals Association. \u201cStill, the restrictions are making it tough.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd of course, the pub environment, the restaurant environment is going to have a very different vibe,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Some pubs are staying closed over the weekend, or even longer. Even so, police have questioned the wisdom of reopening pubs on a Saturday. Tim Clarke of the Metropolitan Police Federation warned the weekend could be \u201cas busy as policing New Year\u2019s Eve.\u201d<\/p>\n

One city in England will not be joining in the reopening. Leicester, population 300,000, was sent back into lockdown this week amid a spike in coronavirus infections. Non-essential shops have been closed and pubs and restaurants won\u2019t be reopening on Saturday.<\/p>\n

They are also staying shut north of the border in Scotland.<\/p>\n

Johnson\u2019s Conservative government is increasingly at odds on virus-fighting strategy with Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Scotland controls its own health policy, and Sturgeon has been more cautious about lifting lockdown than authorities in England. Pubs in Scotland can open beer gardens from Monday, but won\u2019t be able to serve people indoors until July 15.<\/p>\n

Scotland also hasn\u2019t agreed to the plan to end quarantine for travelers, which for now app<\/a>lies only to England.<\/p>\n

The list of 73 countries and territories exempted from quarantine includes Australia, New Zealand and much of western Europe \u2014 though not Portugal or Sweden, which have relatively high infection rates. Also on the list are Asian nations such as South Korea and Vietnam that have tamed their outbreaks and several Caribbean nations including Jamaica.<\/p>\n

Some of those countries will still quarantine British visitors.<\/p>\n

The U.S., which has the highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the world, isn\u2019t on the list. Neither are China, Russia or Brazil.<\/p>\n

The British government also changed its official advice against all but essential travel outside the country. Starting Saturday, travel for work or leisure has been OKed to dozens of countries, including some, such as Canada, that are not on the quarantine-free list. The U.K. still advises against travel to the U.S.<\/p>\n

Sturgeon accused the U.K. government of changing its list of safe countries up to the last minute.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen so much is at stake, as it is right now, we can\u2019t allow ourselves to be dragged along in the wake of another government\u2019s, to be quite frank, shambolic decision-making process,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The leader of Wales, Mark Drakeford, also said dealing with Johnson\u2019s government over the travel plan had been \u201can utterly shambolic experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bharat Pankhania, an expert in communicable diseases at the University of Exeter Medical School, said the government was sending \u201cmixed messages.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe virus is still in circulation,\u201d he said. \u201cI do worry that the enormous cost of the lockdown, the pain and suffering, may be undone very, very quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n

England\u2019s chief medical officer, Chris Whitty, said authorities were trying \u201cto balance as best we can the multiple risks\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo one believes \u2026 this is a risk-free next step,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s absolutely not.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis virus is a long way from gone.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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