The Overseas Workplace is lifting restrictive COVID journey recommendation for an extra 51 international locations.
International locations which are having the “all however important journey” recommendation lifted at this time are former amber listing nations corresponding to Jamaica and the Bahamas.
A second stage will see ex-red listing international locations having the recommendation eliminated on Monday, together with South Africa, Mexico and the Seychelles (scroll down for the complete listing).
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With the recommendation lifted, individuals will be capable to get journey insurance coverage once more for these international locations as most insurers use it as a reference level to exclude cowl.
The transfer comes two days after 32 international locations, together with Fiji, Malaysia and Bangladesh, had the recommendation lifted as the federal government goals to simplify journey within the wake of the success of the vaccine rollout, higher understanding of the virus and improved public well being in these locations.
The recommendation was initially put in place as a result of COVID scenario in these international locations and was targeted on individuals departing from the UK.
On Monday, the site visitors gentle system – associated to inbound journey to the UK – was dropped in favour of only one pink listing.
The pink listing was then diminished to only seven international locations on Thursday, with 47 coming off the pink listing from Monday.
International locations the place ‘all however important journey’ recommendation has been lifted at this time:
Bahamas, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Jamaica, Martinique, Palau, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Western Sahara
International locations the place ‘all however important journey’ recommendation will probably be lifted on Monday:
Angola, Argentina, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Cape Verde, Chile, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Georgia, Guyana, Indonesia, Lesotho, Malawi, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Mozambique, Myanmar (Burma), Namibia, Nepal, Paraguay, Philippines, Reunion, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, Uruguay, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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