Cabinetman wrote:I was hoping the US would be on the list, even though there is still a Presidential proclamation banning Europeans, talk of it being lifted very soon. Ian
I'm disappointed too Ian. We have a son in San Francisco who we haven't seen for 18 months, and he's desperate to get home to see family. I think the problem is that whilst their vaccination programme is every bit as advanced as ours, the underlying infection rate is still relatively high by a factor of 10 when measured by cases per 100k.
It doesn't help that on the USA 1-4 tier system, the UK is graded at 4, the same as Brazil or India. Even if we decided to go ourselves and self isolate on our return, we wouldn't be allowed into the USA at the moment anyway.
Yesterday's press conference was a farce. At no stage did Shapps list those countries that are on the Green list, and it was down to the newscaster to quickly gabble off the list just before the programme ended. Oz, New Zealand, Singapore and Brunei won't accept visitors. Who wants to go to the Falklands and South Georgia in the middle of their winter? The only realistic holiday destination is Portugal - the rest are just there to make up numbers. The Faroes require you to have "a special worthy purpose" to be allowed to visit, St Helena, Ascension Island and Tristn da Cunha have a mandatory 14 day quarantine period on arrival. Hartlepool anyone?