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Don't try and interpret the guidance, if you want to do that have a look at the laws. I think the relevant one is The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020 but it is amended which makes it muddy.
I think the current requirement is to fill out a Passenger Locator Form which includes "any other country or territory they have departed from or transited through in the period beginning with the 14th day before the date of their arrival in England" and if any of those aren't on the exempt list you have to self isolate.
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This is the guidance that the government publishes for who has to isolate when returning from abroad and who does not.
Context is that I’m in Switzerland right now, which is exempt from isolating on return to the UK, but is expected to go on the list of non-exempt countries this weekend.
Question - I think the government guidance is open to interpretation.
It says “ You do not need to self-isolate if you’re travelling from an exempt country and have been in an exempt country for the last 14 days.“
Now, if we leave Switzerland whilst it is still exempt, and travel to Germany, which we anticipate will remain exempt, and then travel back to the UK, then I would say that we fulfil the criteria of having been in an exempt country for the past 14 days.
However, could the government consider that because we’ve been in a country within the last 14 days that lost its exempt status after we left, then we need to isolate?
I think no, as those who got back into the UK ahead of the ban on France didn’t have to isolate, but keen to hear opinions on this.