Madeira remains on the UK green list but with alert

Tobi Hughes·
Madeira News

The British Health Authorities and Department of Transport have just published the update of the countries and regions that are imposed restrictions on entry into the UK.

Madeira remains on the green list, but the British government warns that the Region “is at risk of going from green to amber” in the English classification, thus making it difficult for travelers from the archipelago to enter.  This scenario, to take place in the future, will once again punish the tourism sector.

Portugal, including the Azores, appears on the amber list, which requires tests on arrival and quarantine.

In this week’s changes, the United Kingdom started to require travelers from France, even if vaccinated, to comply with a 10-day quarantine on arrival in England.

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18 Responses

  1. With over 51,000 cases yesterday I reckon the UK should be on the Amber list!

  2. I would like to know how come 5 British tourist tested positive today in Madeira on arrival, where was their PCR test done and are these tests accurate should never have flown.
    Madeira has worked hard in tickling the pandemic and tourist should respect the island.

    1. What about the other 11 imported cases then? Or is it only infected people from Britain that should be blocked?

    2. They would not have had to take a test in the UK but instead would, as I expected to be, tested on arrival. This is Madeira Safes rules, they followed the rules. This is how they were picked up, they are now going to have to go into quarantine for two weeks or more.

  3. My understanding is that the fully vaccinated need no longer self-isolate or take a day 8 test, even coming from an amber-list country..
    This info in a circular from my MP, so draw your own conclusions as to its accuracy !

    1. Even if you are double vaccinated you now have to isolate for 10 days if you been in France due to the Beta(South African) variant.

  5. To be honest, there are more and more countries now banning UK citizens from entering, Bulgaria the latest to announce this. And I don’t blame them, we cannot get the UK infection rates under control and should not be allowed to take our infections to other countries. Complete madness to allow full opening up in UK on Monday with positive rates surging upwards, as are hospital admissions and deaths. Here we go again.

  6. Totally agree with most of the comments here. How can
    The UK, with so many cases and a very high Rt rate, be dictating on who enters and who doesn’t? It should be the other way round, with the British being forced to stay in the UK. Meantime, the lunatic government over there is about to celebrate “, Freedom Day”……..doesn’t look very free to me!

  7. We have both been double vaccinated but also chose to get a PCR test before flying. Extra expense but a safeguard that we weren’t bringing Covid in. Would do the same again.

    1. Where did you get your test? I sent my Day 2 test off to Boots 4 days ago and still have no results. I want to take a PCR test before flying back to Madeira, even though twice vaccinated in Porto Santo, just in case? But I need to get the results before travelling early on a Monday morning.

  8. Holidaymakers are being made to pay for thousands of football supporters going to Wembley with no guests, no masks, no social distancing – it was an accident looking for a place to happen!
    Unfortunately those of us who have taken every care are the ones to pay!

  11. No one is forced to travel on holiday, its a freedom of choice, but if you do,then take cost of protecting yourself and your family into the mix don’t expect tax payers regardless of which tax payers to subsidise your holiday needs.

  12. I flew to the UK earlier this week, complete with my negative PCR test results, my EU vaccinated certificate and my green passenger locator form. I had no check-in bags, but queued up to show my docs. The only one that was looked at was the neg test result. On arrival at Gatwick North I went through the passport e-gates, with my UK passport. Nobody checked anything else! I was vaccinated twice at home (Porto Santo) in April and May – when I fly back to Madeira on Aug 23rd, will I need to take a PCR test before leaving the UK?

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