The Government has confirmed that foreign travel will reopen under a traffic light system this summer.
Countries will be split into three categories: green, amber or red, depending on how high-risk they are.
This will be determined by the global travel taskforce, which is due to report on 12 April.
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The taskforce is “aimed at facilitating a return to international travel as soon as possible while still managing the risk from imported cases and variants of concern”.
These factors, driven by data, will decide which category a destination is placed in.
How will the traffic light system work?
People would be able to travel to countries on the green list without restrictions, meaning no need to quarantine or take a PCR Covid test. They would only need to take a lateral flow test – which provides a result in 30 minutes – when returning to the UK.
Arrivals from red list countries would remain banned, other than for British and Irish nationals, and people with residence rights in the UK, including long-term visas. These people would have to…
