The UK government is discouraging vacations of its citizens to the Dominican Republic. The country is being added to the UK red list where holidays are not allowed as of 30 June 2021. Anyone needing to travel to a country on the red list for essential reasons must quarantine at a government hotel at their own cost for 10 days on return to the UK.
The United Kingdom is moving the Dominican Republic to its red list as of 4am on Wednesday, 30 June 2021. Previously, the DR had been on its amber list. The UK says the measure seeks to prevent new Covid-19 variants from entering England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. The UK recommends its citizens to not travel to amber or red list countries.
The UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) advises against all but essential travel to the whole of the Dominican Republic based on the current assessment of Covid-19 risks.
Persons who have been in a country on the red list in the 10 days before arriving in England will only be allowed to enter the UK if a British or Irish national or if the person has residence rights in the UK.
Even if the person is vaccinated the rules for travel from a red list country to the UK the person is required before travel to England to take a Covid-19 test, book a quarantine hotel package, including 2 Covid-19 tests and complete a passenger locator form. And upon arrival in England, the person must quarantine in a managed hotel, and sit to two Covid-19 tests.
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28 June 2021