As revealed earlier by the Guardian, UK government ministers including the transport secretary, Grant Shapps, agreed on Wednesday to changes affecting Portugal, Croatia, and Trinidad and Tobago. In a sign of diverging approaches between the devolved nations, Scotland is also moving separately to remove Switzerland from its own travel corridor list. Announcing the move, Shapps tweeted: “Data shows we need to remove Croatia, Austria and Trinidad & Tobago from our list of #coronavirus Travel Corridors to keep infection rates DOWN. It has also added Portugal to its list of countries exempt from its global advisory against non-essential travel. The travel consultancy PC Agency, which has been monitoring travel corridor developments, has estimated there are 20,000 British holidaymakers in Croatia this week.

Source: The Guardian August 20, 2020 15:01 UTC