To qualify as fully vaccinated, he explained “a full vaccination means 14 days have passed since your final dose of the vaccine”. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said under-18s will also be exempted from the requirement and that the official guidance not to travel to countries on the amber list will be lifted from the same date. Under the new rules, holidaymakers from the UK who have received two jabs from the NHS will no longer be required to self-isolate for 10 days on their return to England from destinations on the amber list from 19 July.

South Africa has a case rate of over 200, meaning a move to the amber list looks extremely unlikely.

Less than three per cent of the population is double-jabbed, though its infection rate is 33 per 100,000 people. Pakistan is in a similar situation – its infection rate is just five per 100,000 people, but less than two per cent of the population is fully vaccinated.Īnd the Philippines is in the same boat. India’s case rate has been falling rapidly since its peak in May, and is now down at just 22 infections per 100,000 people.īut vaccination rates are very low – less than six per cent of the population has received both doses. However, it reported 109 new infections per 100,000 people over the last seven days, making a move to the amber list unlikely at present. The United Arab Emirates is one of the most popular destinations on the red list, as it is home to Dubai.Īround two-thirds of the country is fully vaccinated. However, Qatar is not currently letting travellers from the UK in.

Vaccination rates are also high, with more than half of the adult population double-jabbed. Like Turkey, infections have also been falling since mid-April.

Qatar also has a chance of moving to the amber list, due to a seven-day case rate of 29 per 100,000 people. It has recorded 44 infections per 100,000 people over the last seven days – well below a number of amber list countries – and cases have been falling since mid-April.Īround 22 per cent of the adult population is fully vaccinated.

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