Only essential travel is permitted into the island following a meeting of the CCA last week.
Further restrictions now mean you need a test on-arrival and a test on day 13 – both negative – to be released on day 14. If any traveller into Guernsey turns that down. they will have to spend 21 days in isolation.
Pictured: CCA Chairman Peter Ferbrache described the new requirements as a ‘belt and braces’ approach.
Children under the age of 12 will only need a negative test on day 13 and if a traveller is self-isolating in a bubble, everyone in that bubble will need a negative day 13 test as well.
“Asking people to take a test on arrival and on day 13 of their self-isolation enables us to pick up all travellers who are Covid-19 positive on arrival (and who are asymptomatic),” said Director of Public Health, Dr Nicola Brink.
“The day 1 test is also beneficial for track and trace purposes should this be needed.”
Pictured: There is no change for critical workers who need to comply with specific self-isolation and testing requirements.
Chair of the CCA, Deputy Peter Ferbrache, has doubled down on protecting the island and making sure the virus does not get into the community.
“As I said at the media briefing on Friday, we have put in place measures to ban all non-essential travel into the Bailiwick. Those who must travel for critical or essential reasons need to work with us to protect the Bailiwick from Covid-19. Asking travellers to have a negative day 1 and day 13 test result is a belt and braces approach to pick up early and late presenting infections.”
Pictured top: Inbound travellers will need a swab on arrival or have to commit to 21 days self-isolation.