Transport secretary Grant Shapps on Friday (17 September) confirmed eight countries would be removed from the red list on Wednesday (22 September), including Egypt and the Maldives.
These countries will be placed on a new, expanded green list with the amber list set to be scrapped in a wholesale simplification of the UK’s travel rules.
However, over the weekend, the FCDO lifted its advice against all but essential travel on Covid grounds to just three of the eight – Turkey, Kenya and Oman.
The Covid-specific advisories for Egypt, the Maldives, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh all remained in place on Monday morning (20 September).
