September 17th - Today's Rule Changes
Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast
The Independent
3.6 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 17 September 2021
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
The international travel rules have changed.
I’ll explain why we’re still on red, amber and green.
And how the testing regime will change.
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| 0:00.0 | There's a lot we're told about bladder leaks. |
| 0:02.5 | We're told it's the sign of decline. |
| 0:04.5 | That it means worrying about going on long journeys. |
| 0:07.4 | But it means weakness. |
| 0:09.6 | Really? |
| 0:10.7 | Tenna discrete ProTech Plus maxi pads give you instant absorption |
| 0:13.9 | and a close body fit keeping you protected throughout the day. |
| 0:17.3 | And they give you Tena triple protection, offering up to 12 hours of dryness. |
| 0:21.4 | It's time to rethink ladder leaks. |
| 0:23.3 | Visit tena.com.ukuk forward slash women. |
| 0:25.9 | Always seek medical advice from your GP or pelvic health specialist. |
| 0:32.4 | Hello, it's Friday the 17th of September. |
| 0:35.7 | Thanks for joining me, Simon Calder, for the latest on |
| 0:38.3 | travel and destinations from the Greenlist and the travel desk of the Independent. Much later |
| 0:43.6 | than usual today, but that's because I am talking to you just a couple of hours after we learnt |
| 0:49.8 | the big changes to the international travel rules. Right, my headline is that actually the red list |
| 0:59.4 | has shrunk, as I predicted it would, not quite in the same way that we thought it would do, |
| 1:05.7 | but instead of 62 countries on the red list from 4 a.m. next Wednesday, the 22nd of September. |
| 1:13.3 | It will reduce by 8. You've got the key eastern Mediterranean nations of Egypt and Turkey, |
| 1:19.9 | plus winter favourites. Four of those, Kenya, the Maldives, Oman and Sri Lanka. |
| 1:25.9 | And there's also a mandatory hotel quarantine for arrivals will end for people coming in from Pakistan and Bangladesh. |
| 1:35.8 | Obviously, lots of family connections there. |
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