All countries which are still on the UK’s red list will be removed from 4am on Monday November 1, the Transport Secretary has announced.
Seven countries - Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Panama, Peru and Venezuela - remained on the list after it was dramatically reduced earlier this month, meaning travellers returning from these countries had to quarantine in a hotel for 10 days.
Now the destinations have all been dropped from the category, but Grant Shapps has emphasised that the system will remain and that countries could be added again in the future depending on the risk of coronavirus.
In a series of tweets, he said: “All seven remaining countries on the red list will be REMOVED from Mon 1 Nov at 4am. READ MORE:
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