BREAKING: Spain's Balearic islands, Malta, Madeira, and some islands in the Caribbean - including Barbados - have been added to England's travel green list, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced. Read more here:
Tourists had to rush back from Portugal to avoid quarantine after the country was moved to the amber list earlier this month
At that time, seven countries were also added to the red list from the amber list. They were: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Costa Rica, Egypt, Sudan, Trinidad and Tobago, and Sri Lanka. Mr Shapps admitted that moving Portugal to the amber list was"a difficult decision" given its popularity, but that it was downgraded because the government wants to give the UK"the best possible chance of unlocking domestically" when safe to do so.
Each country is assessed based on a range of factors, including what proportion of a population is vaccinated, rates of infection, emerging new variants, and access to reliable scientific data and genomic sequencing. There have been calls from holidaymakers and travel firms for more countries to be moved from the amber list and for the government to drop the self-isolation rules for those who have been fully vaccinated.Angela Merkel calling for travellers from the UK to be quarantined"In our country, if you come from Great Britain, you have to go into quarantine - and that's not the case in every European country, and that's what I would like to see," she said.
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