Namibia, Uruguay and US Virgin Islands removed from UK travel corridor list – with no more removals until 2021
NAMIBIA, the US Virgin Islands and Uruguay have been removed from the UK travel corridor list, the government has announced.
No countries have been added to the list this week.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps tweeted: "Latest data means we must remove URUGUAY, NAMIBIA and US VIRGIN ISLANDS from the #TravelCorridor list.
"From 4am Saturday 19th December, if you arrive into the UK from these destinations you will need to self-isolate."
He also added that no more countries would be removed from the list until January 7 unless in an emergency move to "provide certainty to those travelling over Christmas".
Mr Shapps shared a link to the for passengers returning from a country on the air corridor list, which allows them to buy a coronavirus test.
He wrote: "Passengers returning to England can now buy a COVID-19 test from an approved private provider and reduce their self-isolation time IF they receive a negative result."
This is part of the Test and Release system which has reduced the quarantine restrictions from 14 days to five days - although initially resulted in chaos due to a huge demand from private Covid test providers.
Last week, the Canary Islands were removed from the UK travel corridor list in a blow to the holiday destinations.
Tenerife also announced that they were closing their borders until 2021 due to the crisis - but holidays will still be able to go ahead.
Botswana and Saudi Arabia were the only two countries to be added to the UK's air bridge list last week.
Families are able to go on holiday again if they are in tier 2 or tier 1, with the lockdown restrictions ending earlier this month.
Tier 3 residents are not allowed to travel abroad, due to being in the high risk category.
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Countries are introducing their own travel restrictions, with Greece and Italy having their own mandatory 14-day quarantine on arrival during Christmas and the New Year.
Many countries also enforce a negative coronavirus test to enter - Spain, Greece and Italy require the test along with the Maldives and Cuba.
Here is everything you need to know about getting a negative coronavirus test for your holiday.
They cannot be done on the NHS and can cost between £100 and £200, although airlines and tour operators are offering prices from £60.