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Neil Shaw

Fourteen countries that could be taken off quarantine safe list

Fourteen countries could be at risk of being removed from the UK Government's safe travel list, according to reports.

The Government is currently discussing whether to remove France from the list of countries you do not need to quarantine after visiting.

The move comes after France saw a spike in cases and brought back some lockdown measures.

But analysis shows there are 14 countries with a rate higher than or similar to France that are currently on the UK safe list.

Those countries include Malta, Monaco, Gibraltar, the Netherlands, Denmark, Iceland, the Czech Republic, Switzerland and Poland.

Those countries all have a high rate of new cases of Covid-19 per 100,000 people - close to or higher than that currently seen in France.

The move to take more countries off the list would follow a similar change to the rules on coming back from Spain.

A decision on France's status is expected today, Thursday.

Other countries have already been removed from the safe list - including Luxembourg - and those that could follow include Aruba, Turks and Caicos, Faroe Islands and San Marino according to The Telegraph.

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