Heathrow Airport Separates Red-List Countries From Lower-Risk Arrivals

London Heathrow Airport has finally separated red-listed country flights from the lower risk arrivals.

 

Terminal 3 of the Heathrow Airport has been reopened for operations for the first time in more than a year as the processing base for arrivals from red list countries after series of complaints about the long waiting times and passengers from high-risk Covid-19 countries mixing with the arriving passengers from the low-risk.

Presently, the Red-List countries' list comprises 43 countries from which arrivals are thought to present a threat of introducing coronavirus.

Red list arrivals must quarantine in a hotel for 10 days once they arrive in the UK. Red list countries from where direct flights to the UK are permitted include India, the Philippines, Pakistan, Kenya, and Bangladesh. While countries such as Portugal, Iceland, Australia among few others are categorized as Low-risk Countries and the arriving passengers are free to associate and interact in the society.

Previous month pictures revealed how arriving passengers stood for long hours at the airport with little or no social distance.

The airport blamed the long queues and lack of social distancing between high and low-risk arrivals on the time it was taking Border Force staff to process people arriving back to the United Kingdom.

The decision to separate arrivals on direct flights from red list destinations was welcomed by the GMB union, which had earlier warned that bottlenecks will continue to put passengers and staff at risk.

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