Authorities for United Kingdom don introduce new simplified travel rules for di kontri.
Dem scrap di traffic light system and replace am wit single red list.
Di new rules take effect from Monday October 4, 2021.
Dis na eviritin you need sabi about di new Covid travel rules.
Wetin be di new travel rules?
Most fully vaccinated travellers wey dey arrive from non-red list countries no go need to do test before dem travel go UK.
UK airlines say e go make travelling abroad easier and cheaper.
But those wey dey come from red list destinations must still pay to quarantine for hotel for 10 days.
Dem also ease di testing rules for pipo wey dey travel from non-red list destinations wey dey vaccinated for UK, EU, US, or any of 18 oda recognised kontris.
Anybody wey dey under 18 wey dey resident for those kontris fit also travel to di UK without testing.
All travellers - except children wey dey under five years old - go still pay for a PCR test two days afta arrival.
Pipo wey no dey fully vaccinated go need pre-departure test and PCR test on day two and eight afta dem return, and must self-isolate for 10 days for house.
And those wey dey arrive from red list kontris, including Brazil, Mexico, di Philippines and South Africa, must quarantine for 10 days for goment-approved hotel, for a cost of £2,285 for one adult.
Only UK or Irish nationals, or UK residents, dey allowed to enter di UK if dem don visit red-list kontri for di past 10 days.
Which kontris dey on di red list now?
Na 54 kontris currently dey UK red travel list. Many of dem dey for South America and from Africa.
See dem here:
Afghanistan
Angola
Argentina
Bolivia
Botswana
Brazil
Burundi
Cape Verde
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Democratic Republic of Congo
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Eritrea
Eswatini
Ethiopia
French Guiana
Georgia
Guyana
Haiti
Indonesia
La Réunion
Lesotho
Malawi
Mayotte
Mexico
Mongolia
Montenegro
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Rwanda
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
Sudan
Suriname
Tanzania
Thailand
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Uganda
Uruguay
Venezuela
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Di goment go also announce additions to di list of kontris wey dia vaccination certificates dey recognised by UK.
Which kontris dey di green list?
Di new 'rest of di world' travel list combine di old amber and green lists:
Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Anguilla
Antarctica/British Antarctic Territory
Antigua and Barbuda
Armenia
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
Bosnia and Herzegovina
British Indian Ocean Territory
Brunei
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic
Chad
China
Comoros
Congo
Cook Islands, Tokelau and Niue
Croatia
Croatia
Cuba
Curaçao
Cyprus
Czech Republic (Czechia)
Côte d’Ivoire
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Estonia
Falkland Islands
Faroe Islands
Fiji
Finland
France
French Polynesia
Gabon
Germany
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greece (including islands)
Greenland
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Israel and Jerusalem
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kosovo
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macao
Madagascar
Madeira – mainland Portugal bin dey di amber list
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Martinique
Mauritania
Mauritius
Micronesia
Moldova
Monaco
Montserrat
Morocco
Myanmar/Burma
Nauru
Netherlands
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
North Korea
North Macedonia
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
South Korea
South Sudan
Spain
Sri Lanka
St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
St Kitts and Nevis
St Lucia
St Maarten
St Martin and St Barthélemy
St Pierre and Miquelon
St Vincent and the Grenadines
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Taiwan
Tajikistan
The Azores – mainland Portugal is on the amber list
UK dey update kontris wey fit enta di kontri unda wat conditions