SVG Among The Amber List Countries PM Johnson Warn Brits Not To Holiday

BBC NEWS: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned people should not be holidaying in amber list countries after a minister said people could go and visit friends.

The UK has issued three lists, including Green, Amber, and Red. The UK gov’t said If conditions change in a country or territory, it can be moved from the amber list to the red list. If that is likely to happen, this will generally be flagged in the Amber watchlist. If there is a sudden change in conditions, a country or territory may be moved between lists without warning.

The confusion arose after Environment Secretary George Eustice said people could go to those countries if they quarantined when they returned.

It comes after news that some holiday companies are refusing refunds to such destinations. That is because it is now legal to travel to countries on the amber list.

Amber warning

Mr Johnson said: “I think it’s very important for people to grasp what an amber list country is: it is not somewhere where you should be going on holiday, let me be very clear about that.

“And if people do go to an amber list country, they absolutely have to for some pressing family or urgent business reason, then please bear in mind that you will have to self-isolate, you’ll have to take tests and do your passenger locator form and all the rest of it.”

The warning came amid reports that thousands of people had headed for destinations such as France, Greece, Spain and the US, with more than 150 flights reported to have departed on Monday.

Friends confusion

After the legal ban on foreign holidays ended on Monday, Environment Secretary George Eustice said that people could go to those countries if they quarantined when they returned.

“We don’t want to stop travel altogether and the reason, as [Health Secretary] Matt Hancock set out, that we have the amber list is there will be reasons why people feel they need to travel, either to visit family or indeed to visit friends,” he told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme.

“They can travel to those countries but they then have to observe quarantine when they return and have two tests after returning.

“So people can travel to those areas, yes, but they will then have to subject themselves to the quarantine requirements on return.”

But the prime minister’s spokesman insisted travel to amber list destinations was only allowed for a strictly limited number of reasons.

He said people should not be going to those countries for holidays or leisure.

“The position remains that people should not travel to amber list countries and that is to protect public health,” the spokesman said.

“There are some limited reasons why it might be acceptable to travel – for work purposes, protecting essential services or compassionate reasons such as a funeral or care of a family member – but otherwise people should not be travelling to these countries.”

SVG Among The Amber List Countries PM Johnson Warn Brits Not To Holiday

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