The government has announced further changes to the UK’s red list today, with the seven-strong list of countries reduced to zero.
Grant Shapps tweeted: “All seven remaining countries on the red list will be REMOVED from Mon 1 November at 4am.”
However he added that the UK will “keep the red list category in place as a precautionary measure to protect public health” and said the government is “prepared to add countries and territories back if needed, as the UK’s first line of defence.”
The seven countries that were formerly graded red - Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Panama, Peru and Venezuela - have all been added to the Rest of World list, meaning travellers fully vaccinated in a country whose vaccines are recognised by the Department for Transport need not quarantine on arrival here.
More nations’ vaccine certification will also be recognised in the UK from Monday, with 35 additions, including Peru and Uganda.
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