So, the UK Government are now on their next step of the roadmap out of Covid 19 and hopefully back to some sort of normality. 

They have announced their traffic light system, which as you might have already worked out, will be red, amber and green ! 

 

The red list countries are really countries they DON’T want you to travel to or from. If you MUST, then on your return you will have to quarantine for 10 days at a government hotel at your expense, approx. £1750 per person. 

 

Amber list means you need to self isolate at your home for 10 days on your return, along with covid test and release if you wish to finish early 

The green list means you don’t need to quarantine or self isolate on your return, although you still need to pay for covid tests. 

 

The countries on it are Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Brunei, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, the Falkland Islands, Israel, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, and Portugal, including the Azores and Madeira. 

 

The UK vaccine roll out continues to be a great success, and credit where credit is due. 

 

The UK government involved the military and their planning expertise has come up trumps. What an amazing success story. 

 

With lockdown easing and case rates and thankfully death rates declining, the 17th May is fast approaching. This is the date on the road map when some foreign travel may be allowed 

 

Of course there will be stipulations and caveats, however the traffic light system should make the decision on which country to visit fairly straight forward . 

 

The next blog I hope will list the green countries. So many unconfirmed reports are suggesting most of Europe will be open and others are saying only 8 eu countries. Almost all reports suggest America will be open along with Australia. 

 

All we can hope for is that safe and convenient travel reopens around the world. This will benefit the global economy and people's businesses and of course peoples mental health. 

 

So please continue to be wise and sensible and let's hope coronavirus continues to be driven out of people's lives. 

 

Let's get moving... 

 

PPTmk