Travel news live: Latest green list updates as Caribbean countries at risk of turning red

A number of Caribbean islands are at risk of joining the red list in the next travel update, while few countries are expected to go green, according to expert analysis.

Looking at the latest Covid case rates, experts have predicted that Jamaica, St Lucia and Dominica, plus the north African nation of Morocco, could be downgraded from amber to red at the UK government’s review of the traffic light lists, expected later this week.

The analysis from the PC Agency also suggested that eight green destinations could move down to amber, reports The Telegraph: Israel, Croatia, Madeira, Lithuania and Montserrat, and the Caribbean islands of Anguilla, Antigua and Turks and Caicos.

Just five destinations were predicted to be in line for a green upgrade from amber: Poland, Bhutan, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Saudi Arabia.

Meanwhile 82 “cowboy” travel testing firms have been issued a warning for advertising misleading

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Will Greece go on the red checklist at the upcoming vacation update? Why change from amber is unlikely in the evaluate

Holidaymakers with strategies to go to Greece, and individuals who are previously there, deal with a nervous hold out to see if the Mediterranean spot can hold its location on the amber record at the future traffic light-weight critique, anticipated on Wednesday.

The holiday getaway hotspot has been amber, which permits for quarantine-cost-free travel for the absolutely vaccinated, considering the fact that foreign vacation restarted in May possibly. 

Greece just lately experienced a spike in Covid cases. Nonetheless the outbreak appears to have peaked five days in the past, on 15 August, when new scenarios hit a rolling seven day regular of 3,276.

Circumstance premiums have considering that fallen marginally to 3,141. Whilst 52 for every cent of the populace of Greece is now fully vaccinated versus the virus.

What visitors-mild score does Greece at the moment have?

Greece unsuccessful to go green at the past targeted traffic-gentle reshuffle on

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