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Coronavirus: Spain may not be added to travel red list in Thursday’s review - report

Published: 11:49 04 Aug 2021 BST

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The government is not expected to add Spain to the red list for international travel in the next review on Thursday, it is understood.

The EU country, one of the most popular holiday destinations for Brits, could be excluded because of a huge fall in cases and worries that there aren’t enough hotel rooms to accommodate inbound travellers, the Times reported.

READ: Green list changes to be announced on Thursday, UK government confirms

The UK requires passengers from red-listed countries to self-isolate for ten days in dedicated hotels at their own expense.

Some 58,000 rooms have been reserved for this purpose, but millions of people are expected to visit Spain in the coming months.

“Spain won’t be going on the amber watchlist — the only danger is it going red but that’s very unlikely. Cases are coming down. And they haven’t got enough beds to quarantine everybody. So it’s not going to happen,” the paper was told by a source.

Westminster is also expected to remove France from the ‘amber-plus’ list, which meant travellers had to quarantine for ten days at home even if fully vaccinated, even though people with both jabs coming from amber countries can skip it.

It is understood that up to ten locations will be added to the green list, including Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Romania and Poland. Passengers will only need to take a pre-departure COVID-19 test and another one on day two in the UK, but no quarantine.

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