Only 8 countries may be on safe travel list from Heathrow and Gatwick Airport

British vacation makers may solely be capable of go to eight countries with out quarantine this summer time, a brand new report on Covid travel suggests.

The report, written by former British Airways technique chief Robert Boyle, has been circulated within the travel business and suggests that almost all of continental Europe will be classed as ‘amber’ or ‘purple’ within the traffic-light travel system.

This signifies that quarantine will be required for something arriving within the UK from these areas: the site visitors mild system for travel will place countries in purple, inexperienced or amber classes relying on the extent of coronavirus danger.

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The report ranks 52 countries based mostly on vaccination charges, an infection ranges, variants and capability for genome sequencing – the 4 standards utilized by the UK authorities to find out which list a vacation spot would be on.

The solely European countries which look set to be on the inexperienced list for international travel are Ireland, Iceland and Malta, in addition to the British abroad territory of Gibraltar.

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The USA, Israel, Australia and New Zealand might additionally be positioned on the inexperienced list, however since Australia and New Zealand are at the moment closed to international vacationers, in actual phrases there may solely be six locations obtainable to UK vacation makers.

All different countries would be on an amber or a purple list. Being on the purple list would imply no non-essential travel and a compulsory lodge quarantine, and amber list locations would require restrictions reminiscent of 10 days dwelling quarantine.

Researchers discovered that France, the Netherlands, Turkey, Croatia, Sweden, Belgium and Luxembourg ought to be ‘purple’ below the standards, however the report stated that is unlikely to occur for political causes.

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High Covid charges in Spain, Greece, Italy and Cyprus imply they’re more likely to be ‘amber’. It is feasible that the islands may be given their very own danger ranking.

The report stated: “Last yr, the Spanish and Greek islands got a lower-risk ranking than the mainland, and that might occur once more this yr.”

Going on vacation stays unlawful in England, although guidelines are set to be relaxed from May 17 if lockdown easing continues on schedule.

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