Another country has been added to the Government's 'red list', banning foreign travellers from entering the UK.
India has been added to the coronavirus "red list" in response to mounting concern about the number of cases there and the emergence of a variant.
The move comes into force at 4am on Friday.
The 'red list' is a Government list of countries from which people travelling to the UK are subjected to restrictions in a bid to protect the UK from coronavirus variants of concern.
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In order to determine which countries are added to the list, a range of factors are assessed, including evidence of new variants being exported to the UK or other countries, and a country's access to reliable scientific data and genomic sequencing.
Red list travel ban countries
If you have been in or through any of the countries listed below in the previous 10 days, you will be refused entry to the UK.
If you are a British or Irish National, or you have residence rights in the UK, you will be able to enter. You must quarantine in a government-approved hotel for 10 days.
- Angola
- Argentina
- Bangladesh
- Bolivia
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Burundi
- Cape Verde
- Chile
- Colombia
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Ecuador
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- French Guiana
- Guyana
- India (will be added to the list 4am, Friday 23 April)
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Malawi
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Qatar
- Rwanda
- Seychelles
- Somalia
- South Africa
- Suriname
- Tanzania
- United Arab Emirates (UAE)
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Some people are exempt because of the work they are doing, such as aircraft pilots and crew, civil servants or Government contractors and defence personnel in certain circumstances.
