Coronavirus case rates are spiking in two green watch-list countries, raising concerns about the viability of UK tourism to certain locations.
It was reported this morning that the Balearic Islands could be bumped from the country's green travel list - meaning a ten day period of isolation would be required on return to the UK.
Less than a week after it was moved from amber coronavirus cases have soared on the islands.
Now it has emerged that infections are also rising rapidly on newly green-listed British Virgin Islands.
The “green watchlist” is for countries which may soon be moved back to amber.
They will be kept under review so the government cant “respond to emerging evidence, with a particular focus on variants of concern”.
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The watchlist is supposed to give tourists planning to travel to these countries warning their status could change at short notice, although the government has said it 2will not hesitate to act immediately should the data show that countries risk ratings have changed.”
Below are all of the countries on the green watchlist and their current coronavirus case rates.
Anguilla
Anguilla has a coronavirus rate of 0, having only endured 109 infection and no deaths since the pandemic began.
Its last infection was back in the Spring.
Antarctica/British Antarctic Territory
It is difficult to say what the current coronavirus rate in Antarctica is, given its very low and regularly shifting population.
However, its first and so far largest outbreak of 36 cases was in December 2020.
Antigua and Barbuda
Since the start of the pandemic this reef-lined island paradise has seen 1,264 cases and 42 deaths.
Its Covid rate over the past seven days is less than one case per 100,000 people.
Balearic islands (Formentera, Ibiza, Mallorca, Menorca)
The coronavirus case rate in the Balearics have rocketed in recent weeks.
The accumulated Covid incidence rate has leapt to nearly 130 positive cases per 100,000 inhabitants, more than triple what it was at the end of May.
More than 500 people tested positive for Covid in just two days, less than two weeks after the UK added it to its green travel list.
Health officials said yesterday there had been 303 cases in the previous 24 hours, 70 more than the 233 notified the previous day.
The number of Covid sufferers in hospital intensive care is 14, ten in Majorca, one in Menorca and three in Ibiza.
Barbados
Barbados currently has a coronavirus rate of just under three cases per 100,000 people.
Over the course of the pandemic 47 people have died on the island and 4,086 have had the virus.
Bermuda
The British Island territory's Covid cases have been stable for several months now, following a spike in March.
Its rate is currently around 9/100,000.
British Indian Ocean Territory
This far flung island chain has avoided the bulk of the pandemic, its 3,000 strong population having endured just five cases so far.
British Virgin Islands
The overseas territory has seen a relatively huge spike in cases over the past week, with 158 new cases recorded since June 27.
While that may seem small compared to the numbers the UK is posting, it represents a third of all infection suffered there during the whole pandemic.
The big rise coincides almost exactly with the islands being added to the UK's green travel list.
Its infection rate is a sizeable 183/100,000.
Cayman Islands
Among the Cayman Islands' population of just shy of 65,000, the rate is around 8/100,000 and remains steady.
Dominica
Dominica has a lot to offer tourists, including beautiful Caribbean mountains, natural hot springs and tropical rainforests.
It also has an infection rate of 1.5/100,000.
Grenada
Grenada has an infection rate of 0/100,000, having last recorded a case in the middle of May.
Israel and Jerusalem
Israel has one of the highest rates on the green list, with 22/100,000.
Its inclusion is in large part due to its very successful vaccination campaign, which is taken into account by the government when determining traffic light classifications.
Madeira
The Portuguese territory was put on the green list last week, after Portugal was added and then swiftly removed earlier this year.
Its infection rate is steady and currently 30/100,000.
Montserrat
Another tiny Caribbean island with a similarly diminutive coronavirus rate of 0/100,000.
Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands
There is currently no recorded information for coronavirus infection rates in this south Pacific island chain.
With a population of only around fifty descended from the mutineers of HMAV Bounty and their Tahitian companions, it is fair to assume its Covid rate is low.
Turks and Caicos Islands
The Turks and Caicos' coronavirus rate is 2/100,000.
