UK to remove all countries from COVID travel ban red list on November 1

The red list itself has not been scrapped and will be reviewed every three weeks, with restrictions imposed in case of emerging COVID variant threats.  

London: Beginning Monday (November 1), the UK will remove the remaining seven countries from its COVID-19 travel ban red list, which will be reviewed every three weeks and revised in case of emerging COVID variant threats, the British government has announced.

From 4am on Monday (November 1), the remaining seven destinations on the UK's COVID-19 travel ban red list Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Panama, Peru and Venezuela will be removed, it said in an update on Thursday.

The red list itself has not been scrapped and will be reviewed every three weeks, with restrictions imposed in case of emerging COVID variant threats. The Department for Transport (DfT) said that Delta is now the dominant COVID variant in most countries around the world, which means the risk of known variants entering the UK has reduced.