Grant Shapps to hold green list press conference TONIGHT to reveal UK holiday plans

GRANT Shapps is to hold a press conference tonight to reveal the green list of destinations for holidays this summer.

The Transport Secretary will lead the Downing Street briefing from 5pm.


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Grant Shapps to hold green list press conference TONIGHT to reveal UK holiday plans
The government’s ‘green list’ of countries for holidays will be revealed tonight

He will set out which countries Brits can travel to without having to quarantine on their return from May 17.

The plan will be signed off at a COVID-O meeting this morning.

Countries will be ranked either green, amber or red under a new traffic light system.

Only a handful of European countries are expected to make the first round of the green list, including Malta, Gibraltar, Iceland and Finland.

Destinations are likely to require holidaymakers to show evidence they have received a coronavirus vaccine or taken a recent negative test.

Mr Shapps confirmed that people in England will be able to display their status using the NHS app, but there are doubts over whether it will be ready for May 17.


The government is expected to announce its traffic light system for travel on May 7

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