Sumary of UK Travel update – live: 47 countries leaving red list, US reopening still on track for early November:
- The transport secretary has confirmed that the US is still on track to lift its travel ban on the UK in early November.
- It’s actually that in many ways they don’t have the kind of level of sophistication in place on international travel that has become normal to us.
- ”The news comes as yesterday’s travel update confirmed that 47 countries will leave the UK red list from Monday, which is currently 54 countries strong.
- The countries left on the red list from 4am on 11 October will be Colombia, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Panama, Peru and Venezuela.
- Follow the latest travel news below:Key pointsShow latest update 1633703978Foreign Office lifts warning against nine more countriesBritish travellers to Jamaica and the Bahamas are no longer warned against non-essential travel.
- The Foreign Office is reducing its “no-go” list so that it aligns more closely with Department for Transport (DfT) categories on Covid risks.