The UK’s green, amber and red travel lists are set to updated today (Thursday, August 26)
A new revision of the UK’s traffic light system is scheduled for today, though no changes are expected regarding the amber status of Spain and other destinations such as France and Greece.
However, some Mediterranean tourist destinations, such as Turkey, will be hoping to be moved from the red list for the first time this summer.
Spain managed to avoid being added to the UK’s red list in the last three-weekly update on August 4, meaning fully vaccinated holidaymakers can travel to or from Spain without the need to quarantine on their return, due to its amber status.
But those who have not yet been immunised will be hoping more popular tourist destinations, including Spain, will be moved to the green list in today’s travel update, which will remove the need to isolate, regardless of vaccination status.
A notable drop in infections in recent weeks has reduced fears that Spain may be put on the red list – the 14-day cumulative incidence currently stands at 291.28 cases per 100,000 inhabitants compared to 633.07 at the last update – but this might not be enough to see the country moved to green.
Spain’s health data is more favourable than that of the UK, which has a seven-day cumulative incidence rate of 325, and at the beginning of the week, 76.3 per cent of Spain’s population had received at least one dose of vaccine, compared to 70.3 per cent in the UK.
But the British government is still advising against travelling to amber list countries like Spain, and asking those that choose to to take special “precaution”, given the “prevalence of the virus and variants”.
Current restrictions mean vaccinated travellers to the UK from Spain must carry out a PCR antigen test within three days prior to travel, arrange a two-day test in the UK, and fill in a passenger locator form.
Any changes to the safe travel list, which are expected to be announced this evening, are likely to come into effect from 4am on Sunday, August 29.
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Source: Murcia Today
