Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeThe government's traffic light system set up to re-launch foreign travel is just 'window dressing' and not based on evidence on Covid variants, scientists have warned. From May 17, the ban on taking a holiday abroad is set to be lifted and international travel will once again be allowed. Only ‘green list’ countries will be exempt from the rules and there are currently only a handful of countries on the list, including Portugal and Israel. Travellers must also book and pay for Covid testing in a bid to control the spread of mutant variants of the disease. That means reopening pubs and restaurants indoors, letting family and friends stay overnight and reopening foreign travel but under the traffic light system for countries.

Source: Daily Mirror May 10, 2021 04:13 UTC