Eight countries, including Turkey and Egypt, will be removed from the UK’s red list from 4am on Wednesday (22 September) while from 4 October, fully vaccinated travellers to England will no longer have to provide evidence of a negative pre-departure test.
Later in October, the Day 2 test requirement, meanwhile, will be eased from PCR standard to lateral flow; this will initially apply only to England as well. The government has said it is hopeful it can make this change to coincide with October half-term.
