UK removes quarantine requirement for arrivals from Balearics, Malta and some Caribbean islands – as it happened
by Nadeem Badshah, Matthew Weaver and Andrew Sparrow from on (#5KF8V)
Latest updates: territories are added to UK's green list or green watchlist, while more countries added to red list
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Here is some reaction to the changes to the UK's green list from our transport correspondent, Gwyn Topham.
The Balearic islands accounted for more than 8% of UK flights to EU countries in the last pre-Covid summer of 2019, when almost 1,000 flights a week would depart from the UK, according to data from analysts Cirium.
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