Four more countries are likely to be added to the UK’s red-list as concerns rise over the Indian variant, according to reports.
The Government is expected to next Monday, June 7, announce which countries will be added to green and red lists. Those travelling from a red list country must quarantine for 10 days at a hotel upon their return at a cost of £1,750.
The countries believed to be next on the red-list are Bahrain, Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago and Kuwait according to an analysis by Robert Boyle, reported in The Telegraph.
Mr Boyle, a BA strategist who has previously correctly forecast destinations on the list, has tweeted about the Spanish and Greek Islands potentially moving on to the UK’s green list before their mainland counterparts.
The thin green list was criticised by tourism chiefs when it was unveiled for leaving out main holiday destinations. The list includes Portugal, Israel, Gibraltar, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Brunei, Iceland and the Faroe Islands and the Falklands.
Despite being on the green list, people are currently unable to go on holiday to Australia, New Zealand or Singapore as they are closed to UK tourists. A review of case data is scheduled every three weeks, the Government said, to see which countries can change category.
It comes as a dedicated terminal for UK arrivals from countries with a high coronavirus risk has opened at Heathrow.
Travellers arriving on direct flights from “red list” nations will now pass through the airport’s Terminal Three.
