New restrictions in Guernsey: Only essential trips to Bailiwick allowed
People are being told not to travel to the Bailiwick of Guernsey unless it is essential to do so.
The Civil Contingencies Authority met this morning (7 January) and made the decision based on "developments with the coronavirus pandemic in the UK over recent days".
Essential travel includes:
For a compassionate purpose (including but not limited to supporting a dependent relative)
To receive medical treatment
To undertake essential business that cannot be transacted remotely
To attend school, university or other further education
For permanent Bailiwick residents, to return home if they are currently off- island
To travel for the purposes of critical work, as an approved critical worker (in line with the existing critical worker application process)
Essential travel does not include travel:
To visit friends and family based in the Bailiwick
To work in the Bailiwick if that work is not critical work and approved through the critical worker application process
It comes as the UK has introduced its own new travel restrictions to combat the continuing rise in cases and the new strain of the virus.