Grace Cunningham, 29, has claimed she caught coronavirus from the coach or hotel while having to quarantine under the UK’s travel restrictions. Speaking to LBC, Ms Cunningham said: “I was really gutted and upset. I avoided travel last year. I didn’t think it was the right thing to do, whereas this year I’ve had to travel but there have been all of these restrictions in place.”
She added: “The travel from the airport to the hotel is where I feel like I’ve come into contact and picked it up.
“We were put on a coach – me and two other people from my flight – and we had to sit on that for an hour-and-a-half while we waited for other passengers from different flights to come in.
“About an hour-and-a-half later, around 14 other passengers came onto the coach, from all over the world.”
Ms Cunningham continued: “We were in a big coach, but they’d only let us sit in the back half. They wouldn’t let us sit in the front half.”
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It comes as hopes that UK holidaymakers could visit the US this summer have been dashed after a White House official said existing restrictions on international travel will be maintained.
It is not possible for most European travellers, including those from the UK, to enter the US due to coronavirus fears.
The Associated Press reported that the policy will not be lifted due to the prevalence of variants of the virus in Europe.
Last week, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention advised Americans against travel to the UK in light of the country’s surge in cases.
UK nationals living overseas who have had both doses of a coronavirus jab will no longer need to self-isolate when they arrive from an amber list country, according to The Daily Telegraph.
The exemption from quarantine currently only applies to people who were vaccinated under the UK programme, but the newspaper stated that the Government plans to recognise foreign jabs.
The Department for Transport has committed to holding a formal review of the rules for arriving travellers this week.
The Daily Telegraph also reported that ministers are expected to agree to a reciprocal deal on quarantine-free travel with 33 countries, which could lead to a surge in trips between the UK and the EU.
Those countries include much of Europe such as Ireland, Spain, Portugal, France and Greece, plus some long-haul destinations including Barbados, Anguilla and the Cayman Islands.
