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Covid rules exact timings

gowgowuk
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First of all, please forgive me if this is asked before. I cannot find the info using the search engine or on any other webpages.
I am travelling to France (2 weeks), then to Belgium (10 days). Coming from Belgium (to Scotland) and being double-vaccinated, I thought I would only need a pre-travel test in Belgium+ a 2 days post travel test in Scotland. However, I realise that the timings of my travels makes my stay slightly shorter than 10 days (9 days 23 hours or so), so technically, I would then need to do a quarantine (having been to France in the previous 10 days). It's all down to the exact timings and if they consider departure time in the country of origin or arrival time in UK (or Belgium). Do you know which is it, or can you point me to a site where I can the info? Many thanks!
I am travelling to France (2 weeks), then to Belgium (10 days). Coming from Belgium (to Scotland) and being double-vaccinated, I thought I would only need a pre-travel test in Belgium+ a 2 days post travel test in Scotland. However, I realise that the timings of my travels makes my stay slightly shorter than 10 days (9 days 23 hours or so), so technically, I would then need to do a quarantine (having been to France in the previous 10 days). It's all down to the exact timings and if they consider departure time in the country of origin or arrival time in UK (or Belgium). Do you know which is it, or can you point me to a site where I can the info? Many thanks!
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The rules are quite clear.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/red-amber-and-green-list-rules-for-entering-england#amber-list
If you have been in France in the 10 days before you arrive in England, you must follow the standard amber list rules, even if you have been fully UK vaccinated. You must quarantine for 10 days and take both the day 2 and day 8 tests.
You will therefore be required to take day 2 and day 8 tests and isolate at home for 10 days.
It's not down to exact timings. The day you arrive in Belgium is day 0 whether you arrive at 00:01 or 23:59. I would assume that local time (so CET) would be sufficient.
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It’s not about hours it’s the 10 calendar days before the day that you arrive in UK .1
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Thank you both. I see that my mistake was considering a day as a "24 hours" period. Oh well, I better change my flights, or hope that France will be removed from that amber-plus list.0
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gowgowuk said:Thank you both. I see that my mistake was considering a day as a "24 hours" period. Oh well, I better change my flights, or hope that France will be removed from that amber-plus list.💙💛 💔0
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yes, thank you. I think I'll be fine. As you say, I booked flights with Ryanair very cheap without any luggage (will add them last minute, when I'm sure I'll take it), and for the travel to and from Belgium, I have flexible train/flight tickets.0
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gowgowuk said:yes, thank you. I think I'll be fine. As you say, I booked flights with Ryanair very cheap without any luggage (will add them last minute, when I'm sure I'll take it), and for the travel to and from Belgium, I have flexible train/flight tickets.
I work a lot in Eastern Europe and actually find LOT/Austrian to be cheaper than Wizz on certain dates (hand luggage only) if you need a larger bag. Ryanair was only mentioned due to their specific policy, but they do have a large network from France to Charleroi.💙💛 💔0
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