BORIS Johnson is set to give a green light to holidays abroad from May 17 – after deaths tumble with five million Brits vaccinated.
The government will back a traffic-light system which could allow trips abroad in just six weeks, it is claimed.
According to Mail Online the green list will likely include the Maldives, Gibraltar, Malta and Israel.
However the first official list of ‘green’ countries will not be announced until next month.
It comes after five million Brits have had their second Covid vaccine in a major NHS milestone.
Britain’s record-breaking vaccine rollout saw 256,870 second jabs given in the past 24 hours. It brings the total second jabs to 5,205,505.
And Just 10 Covid deaths were recorded – the lowest level in six months.
Daily case also fell to levels not seen since mid-September yesterday.
Meanwhile the new Oxford Biomedica factory will allow the production of 5 million extra doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine every year, according to the Mail Online.
This means the plant in North Wales will be the most efficient producer of that jab in the world.
And Moderna have promised the UK will soon recieve 200,000 doses of their vaccine every week.
The green list means Brits could reportedly avoid Covid tests as well as quarantine under plans to allow holidays overseas.
Summer holiday hotspots will be ranked under a new traffic lights system — letting Brits fly to “green” countries with low Covid rates and strong vaccine rollouts.
it was claimed that people who have had two doses of the vaccine could avoid quarantining when returning from a medium-risk “amber'” country.
Those who are fully vaccinated may only have to have one test upon arriving back in the UK, the Daily Telegraph reported.
That’s compared with multiple tests and a ten-day quarantine for those who have not been jabbed.
It has also claimed vaccinated holidaymakers could return to the UK from a green list county without having to do a test.
A Government source said: “For amber countries, you would remove home quarantine.
“The debate is whether there will be any testing required instead of quarantine.”
More travel options could be potentially delayed until July or August.
It has been reported there could be as few as 12 countries on the government “green list” for quarantine-free travel initially.
The move, to be unveiled by Boris Johnson, could see Bahrain, with its rapid vaccine rollout, along with Dubai and the US as the top destination wish lists.
