Portugal removed from ‘green list’ of Covid travel destinations
by Peter Walker and Rob Davies from World news | The Guardian on (#5JKX1)
No countries added to England's quarantine-free holiday register as seven moved from amber to red
Portugal has been taken off the UK's green list" of destinations from which people can return to England without having to quarantine. The government has said the threat of new Covid-19 variants means that less restricted travel could jeopardise domestic unlocking.
No countries were added to the green list, but seven more - Afghanistan, Bahrain, Costa Rica, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Sudan, and Trinidad and Tobago - were moved from the amber list to the red list of nations to which almost all travel is barred, the Department for Transport said.
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