UK Updates Travel Advisory, Places Nigeria on Amber (FULL LIST)

The UK government has introduced hotel quarantine for all arrivals from selected “high-risk” countries.

The tighter travel restrictions are designed to reduce the introduction and transmission of new variants of the Coronavirus.

Transport secretary Grant Shapps has confirmed that overseas holidays can resume from May 17 – but only to a limited number of “green list” countries.

All remaining countries are placed on either an “amber” or “red” list which mean you must not travel to them for leisure purposes, and on return you will be subject to certain quarantine measures.

Popular holiday destinations like France, Greece, Malta and Italy will all remain on the amber list from May 17.

Only 12 countries have made it to the green list for holiday travel from May 17 including Portugal, Israel and Gibraltar, which means holidaymakers to those destinations will not have to quarantine on return to the UK.

The government’s new advice states that given the virus is still spreading in many parts of the world, people should not be travelling to ‘amber’ and ‘red’ countries for leisure.

10-day managed hotel quarantine requirements will remain in place for those permitted to return to England from ‘red’ countries, and quarantine at home alongside stringent testing will be required for those returning from ‘amber’ destinations.

The Government rules state that you must not travel to amber list countries for leisure purposes. For those who do travel, or travel through, an amber list country, they must quarantine at home for ten days on return to the UK.

They must also take a COVID-19 test on or before day 2 and on or after day 8.

Countries on Amber list are ;
Afghanistan

Akrotiri and Dhekelia

Albania

Algeria

Andorr

Anguilla

Antigua and Barbuda

Armenia

Aruba

Australia – Will move from amber to green list 4am, Monday 17 May. If you arrive in England before then, you need to follow the amber list rules.

Austria

Azerbaijan

The Bahamas

Bahrain

Barbados

Belarus

Belgium

Belize

Benin

Bermuda

Bhutan

Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba

Bosnia and Herzegovina

British Antarctic Territory

British Indian Ocean Territory

British Virgin Islands

Brunei – Will move from amber to green list 4am, Monday 17 May. If you arrive in England before then, you need to follow the amber list rules.

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Cambodia

Cameroon

Canada

Cayman Islands

Central African Republic

Chad

China

Comoros

Congo

Cook Islands

Costa Rica

Côte d’Ivoire

Croatia

Cuba

Curaçao

Cyprus

Czech Republic (Czechia)

Denmark

Djibouti

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Egypt

El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Estonia

Falkland Islands – Will move from amber to green list 4am, Monday 17 May. If you arrive in England before then, you need to follow the amber list rules.

Faroe Islands – Will move from amber to green list 4am, Monday 17 May. If you arrive in England before then, you need to follow the amber list rules.

Fiji

Finland

France

French Polynesia

Gabon

The Gambia

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Gibraltar – Will move from amber to green list 4am, Monday 17 May. If you arrive in England before then, you need to follow the amber list rules.

Greece (including islands)

Greenland

Grenada

Guadeloupe

Guatemala

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Haiti

Honduras

Hong Kong

Hungary

Iceland – will move from amber to green list 4am, Monday 17 May. If you arrive in England before then, you need to follow the amber list rules.

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Israel and Jerusalem – will move from amber to green list 4am, Monday 17 May. If you arrive in England before then, you need to follow the amber list rules.

Italy

Jamaica

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kiribati

Kosovo

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

Latvia

Lebanon

Liberia

Libya

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Macao

Madagascar

Malaysia

Maldives – Will move to the red list 4am, Wednesday 12 May. If you arrive in England after that, you need to follow the red list rules.

Mali

Malta

Marshall Islands

Martinique

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mayotte

Mexico

Micronesia

Moldova

Monaco

Mongolia

Montenegro

Montserrat

Morocco

Myanmar (Burma)

Nauru

Nepal – Will move to the red list 4am, Wednesday 12 May. If you arrive in England after that, you need to follow the red list rules.

Netherlands

New Caledonia

New Zealand – Will move from amber to green list 4am, Monday 17 May. If you arrive in England before then, you need to follow the amber list rules.

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

North Korea

North Macedonia

Norway

The Occupied Palestinian Territories

Palau

Papua New Guinea

Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands

Poland

Portugal (including the Azores and Madeira) – Will move from amber to green list 4am, Monday 17 May. If you arrive in England before then, you need to follow the amber list rules.

Réunion

Romania

Russia

Samoa

San Marino

Sao Tome and Principe

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Serbia

Sierra Leone

Singapore – Will move from amber to green list 4am, Monday 17 May. If you arrive in England before then, you need to follow the amber list rules.

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands – Will move from amber to green list 4am, Monday 17 May. If you arrive in England before then, you need to follow the amber list rules.

South Korea

South Sudan

Spain (including the Balearics and Canary Islands)

Sri Lanka

St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha – Will move from amber to green list 4am, Monday 17 May. If you arrive in England before then, you need to follow the amber list rules.

St Kitts and Nevis

St Lucia

St Martin and St Barthélemy

St Vincent and the Grenadines

Sudan

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

Taiwan

Tajikistan

Thailand

Timor-Leste

Togo

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey – Will move to the red list 4am, Wednesday 12 May. If you arrive in England after that, you need to follow the red list rules.

Turkmenistan

Turks and Caicos Islands

Tuvalu

Uganda

Ukraine

United States (USA)

Uzbekistan

Vanuatu

Vietnam

Wallis and Futuna

Western Sahara

Yemen