Cayman Compass
The requirement applies to Overseas Territories, including travellers from Cayman Islands.
“International arrivals to the UK will need to prove they’ve received a negative Covid-19 test, no more than 72 hours before departure,” Governor Martyn Roper advised Friday in a post on his official Facebook page.
A statement from the Governor’s Office said the travel changes are “to help protect against new strains of coronavirus circulating internationally”.
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Cayman Compass reached out to Travel Cayman and Cayman’s UK office for comment on Friday morning and have not yet received a response.
The announcement came one day after Premier Alden McLaughlin announced that Cayman will be requiring travellers to produce a negative COVID-19 test taken no more than 72 hours prior to departure before being allowed to board their flight.
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As the final minutes of 2019 began to tick down, people across the Cayman Islands gathered in churches, yards, public beaches and elsewhere to ring in the new year. For most, 2020 started with a bang, as brilliant displays of fireworks lit up the night sky. Little did the world know at the time that 2020 would be one year for the history books.
January
1 Jan.: Port and same-sex marriage cited as largest 2020 challenges
In his New Year message to the Cayman Islands, Premier Alden McLaughlin acknowledged that issues of the cruise port dock and same-sex marriage will be challenging ones for his government in 2020.