Today’s update brought plenty of good news with new several countries moving from amber to red.
France will go back to being amber from amber plus from 4am Sunday 8 August. If you arrive before then you must still quarantine at home for 10 days.
Spain avoided the red list but travellers were asked to get a PCR rather than a Lateral flow test for their return to England test before flying home. This will not be a legal requirement but is due to the greater prevalence of the Beta variant in Spain currently.
In this post:
Green list and green watch list additions
New Green list additions:
- Austria
- Germany
- Latvia
- Norway
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
If you arrive back before 8 August at 4am you will still have to abide by the amber rules.
Green to Amber
No countries move to amber.
Red to amber
Finally sense has prevailed and most countries that were on the red list purely because they are transit hubs will move to amber.
Qatar, Bahrain, India and the UAE will move to amber from Sunday 8 August at 4am. This means they will no longer require hotel quarantine. Usual amber rules will apply.
Red list additions
Cancun beach panorama, Mexico
Four more countries will go turn from amber to red at 4am on Sunday 8 August in a change to the normal Monday changes
- Mexico
- Mayotte
- Georgia
- Reunion
- There will also be a 30 per cent increase in the cost of hotel quarantine for red list travellers from £1,750 to £2,285 per adult. Given the pictures I have seen of the disgusting and tiny portions of food and stories of inappropriate behaviour from guards and rats, I think it’s outrageous to be charging even more for the poor situation. Let’s remember many people travelling from a red country are doing so for a family emergency. It’s not about holidays.
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Is there any logic in leaving the Maldives on Red list? I understood they only went red because of their proximity to India.
There’s not much logic to any of it. Maldives did have high cases at one point but only on the main island where tourists don’t generally go. Hopefully with India off the list it could change.
Hi Michelle, Can an unvaccinated adult from U.K. person travel to Dubai? Thank you
Is Qatar opened to U.K. visitor?
Yes you can travel go Dubai but Abu Dhabi require quarantine. Details here https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/united-arab-emirates/entry-requirements#entry-rules-in-response-to-coronavirus-covid-19. Qatar still has FCDO advice against travel but you can transit.
Many thanks Michele
Inappropriate behaviour from rats??
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