Travel between the UAE and UK has been banned by the British government.
All non-British travellers from the UAE will be barred from entering the UK from 1pm on Friday, the government announced.
Travellers with British or Irish passports, or residence rights, will be allowed to return, but arrivals after 4am on Friday must isolate at home for 10 days. They will not be forced into hotel quarantine, but will not be eligible to use the “Test to Release” scheme which allows people in England to stop self-isolating with a negative test after day five.
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