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Where does it exclude the islands from the self-isolation rules?
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They're certainly not listed separately as being somewhere you don't have to self-isolate on returning. There isn't as such a list of countries that you have self-isolate on returning, only a list of countries where you don't.
Travel Corridor list

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Nomadking is right. Everyone returning from Spain (inc. islands) quarantines.

Separately the Foreign Office advises against all non-essential travel to the Spanish mainland. This advice does not apply to the islands. It means nothing in terms of quarantine.

More reckless reporting by the BBC.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53541503

While I’ve some (limited) sympathy for folk caught up in this the Government advice could always change at short notice. And the idiot who says:

Should frankly not be given a platform to spout such bitter nonsense.

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I've not made that claim. What I said was:

"I think confusingly isolation instructions are at country level..." so anyone returning from anywhere in Spain would face the same self-isolation rules.

"...but travel instructions are more precise." The travel instruction rules are more precise than country level as the Foreign Office "now advises against all non-essential travel there [mainland Spain] – but not the Balearic and Canary Islands.

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My friend is not going to be happy, she is in Lanzarote this week.

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This is an interesting development, if it goes any further remains to be seen. Seaweed extract may be better than Remdesvir.

https://www.labroots.com/trending/dr...cking-covid-19

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ers-from-spain

Unhelpful input from the Labour Party.

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Well if we had an effective track and trace we might be doing better.Seems a good point to make.

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We might, and it’s definitely part of the answer. However these aren’t mutually exclusive options.

The Labour Party are cynically undermining the public health response to try and get public support. Unfortunately, managing the pandemic means making unpopular choices. There’s no going back to normal regardless of how much anyone wishes it to be so.

Nobody leaving the UK should reasonably expect to return and not have the possibility of quarantine given in the 7-14 day period of a holiday much can change in that time at your destination.

Messing up border control speeds up a second lockdown. If we want to avoid that then we need to throw everything at our disposal at controlling this.

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BREAKING: UK’s Chief Veterinary Officer has confirmed the first confirmed animal (a pet cat), is infected with Covid-19 in Weybridge, Surrey.

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I was just reading this https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politi...virus-22423248


The government said there was no evidence to suggest the animal transmitted the disease to its owners.

Instead a government spokesman said: "All available evidence suggests that the cat contracted the coronavirus from its owners who had previously tested positive for COVID-19.


"The cat and its owners have since made a full recovery and there was no transmission to other animals or people in the household."

It is the first confirmed case of an animal infection with the coronavirus strain in the UK, after a small number of others in Europe, North America and Asia.

This breaking news story is being updated.

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If they don't respond there's not much else you can do.

The initial infection case must know enough about the other contacts in order to give out the contact info.

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If the phone contacters withhold their number or have the call centre 3 second delay most people either don't take the call or hang up.

e-mail is a much better way of contacting IMHO.

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Compared to the sacrifices made by the NHS and key workers, foregoing an overseas foreign holiday is the least anyone can do. The depleted UK tourism industry can also do with our spending power.

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Well, we’re in self-isolation until my daughter’s test results come back...

She came round for a coffee yesterday, but the day before, she had been at a "baby shower" in a friend’s garden, and one of the other attendees tested positive this morning - my daughter and her husband are being tested this afternoon, and they should get the results back in 48 hours.

Probably being over-cautious, but we’d rather be safe than sorry (not spread it to others in case we have caught it).

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http://999callfornhs.org.uk/lancet-e...ack/4594892241

This is the most damning trustworthy report I have read that lays bare what was wrong with the UK's approach to CV.

Quote:

The UK Government’s Contain–Delay–Mitigate–Research strategy failed. It failed, in part, because ministers didn’t follow WHO’s advice to “test, test, test” every suspected case. They didn’t isolate and quarantine. They didn’t contact trace.

... and there's more in the link.