When will the UK travel quarantine list be reviewed today?

HOPEFUL Brit holiday goers will have their eyes on the UK's travel safe list watching which travel corridors will remain open and if they'll need to quarantine on their return home.

But the list will be under review again today, with more popular holiday destinations potentially being bumped from the list.

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When will the UK travel quarantine list be reviewed today?

Downing Street keeps a watchful eye on case numbers across the world, testing figures and infection rates in “a number of countries and territories.”

Initially, the UK reviewed the nations included on the "safe" list every three weeks, but now a rolling review system could see countries removed from the list at short notice.

A spokesman for No10 said that a review was taking place weekly, but they can move to remove a nation from the ‘safe list’ if cases increase to an “unacceptable level.”

The next review will be made by the government today and an announcement will be made either this evening or tomorrow.

Matt Hancock told Sky News this morning: "The simple answer is that we follow the data and we make these announcements in an organised way on a Friday lunchtime.

"We are going to publish a further decision tomorrow having looked at the data and I'm not going to pre-judge that."

 The new rules are imposed on Saturdays at 4am.

Where can you travel to from the UK without needing to quarantine?

The UK considers imposing quarantine on travellers when a country’s infection rate exceeds 20 cases per 100,00, over seven days.

There are currently 64 destinations you can travel to from the UK without needing to quarantine on your return.

There are now concerns Greece and Portugal could also lose their air bridges.

Portugal was only removed from the list on August 22 – yet has seen a jump in cases in recent days.

With 58,663 cases, Portugal currently has 22.7 new cases per day, per 100,000 population, as analysed over seven days, compared to just 14.2 last week.

Greece has only 14.3 cases per 100,000, but the country was placed onto the quarantine list by Scotland this week, leading to fears the rest of the UK may follow suit as well.

Turkey is not currently on the UK quarantine list but has seen new infections climb since the beginning of August.

Cuba was recently added to the exempt list at 4am, Saturday, 29 August.

The Czech Republic, Jamaica and Switzerland were added to the quarantine list at 4am, Saturday, 29 August.

And Croatia, Austria and Trinidad and Tobago were added to the quarantine list the week prior.

Countries with no self-isolation requirement on return to UK

Countries and territories with no self-isolation requirement on arrival in England.

You may not have to self-isolate if you are travelling from one of the countries or territories listed below.

• Akrotiri and Dhekelia
• Anguilla
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Australia
• Barbados
• Bermuda
• Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba
• British Antarctic Territory
• British Indian Ocean Territory
• British Virgin Islands
• Brunei
• Cayman Islands
• the Channel Islands
• Cuba (added 4am, 29 August 2020 – if you arrived in England from Cuba before 4am 29 August you will need to self-isolate)
• Curaçao
• Cyprus
• Denmark
• Dominica
• Estonia
• Falkland Islands
• Faroe Islands
• Fiji
• Finland
• French Polynesia
• Gibraltar
• Germany
• Greece
• Greenland
• Grenada
• Guadeloupe
• Hong Kong
• Hungary
• Iceland
• Ireland
• the Isle of Man
• Italy
• Japan
• Latvia
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania
• Macao (Macau)
• Malaysia
• Mauritius
• Montserrat
• New Caledonia
• New Zealand
• Norway
• Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands
• Poland
• Portugal (added 4am, Saturday 22 August 2020 – if you arrived in England from Portugal before 4am, 22 August, you will need to self–isolate)
• Reunion
• San Marino
• Seychelles
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• South Korea
• South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
• St Barthélemy
• St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
• St Kitts and Nevis
• St Lucia
• St Pierre and Miquelon
• St Vincent and the Grenadines
• Taiwan
• Turkey
• Vatican City State
• Vietnam

Full list of countries on the UK’s quarantine list

Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

Andorra

Angola

Anguilla

Argentina

Armenia

Aruba

Austria

Azerbaijan

Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Belarus

Belgium

Belize

Benin

Bhutan

Bolivia

Bonaire/St Eustatius/Saba

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

British Virgin Islands

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile

China

Colombia

Comoros

Congo

Costa Rica

Côte d'Ivoire

Croatia

Czech Republic

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Djibouti

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Eswatini

Ethiopia

France

French Guiana

Gabon

The Gambia

Georgia

Ghana

Guatemala

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

Haiti

Honduras

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Jamaica

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kiribati

Kosovo

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Lebanon

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Luxembourg

Madagascar

Malawi

Maldives

Mali

Malta

Marshall Islands

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mayotte

Mexico

Micronesia

Moldova

Monaco

Mongolia

Montenegro

Montserrat

Morocco

Mozambique

Myanmar (Burma)

Namibia

Nauru

Nepal

Netherlands

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

North Korea

North Macedonia

Oman

Pakistan

Palau

The Occupied Palestinian Territories

Panama

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Pitcairn Island

Qatar

Romania

Russia

Rwanda

São Tomé and Principe

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Serbia

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Solomon Islands

Somalia

South Africa

South Sudan

Spain

Sudan

Suriname

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

Tajikistan

Tanzania

Timor-Leste

Togo

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkmenistan

Turks and Caicos Islands

Tuvalu

USA

Uganda

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Vanuatu

Venezuela

Western Sahara

Yemen

Zambia

Zimbabwe

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