Heathrow backs UK traffic light quarantine system in plea for summer holidays

Heathrow Airport has lodged proposals with the UK government's Global Travel Taskforce to bring in a four-tier traffic light system in a bid to ease COVID-19 restrictions sooner. Reports from several outlets on Sunday said the submission to the GTT would back hotel quarantining and tests for incoming flights from the worst-affected countries on a sliding scale. "Green" listed countries would mean all limits are eliminated, while "amber" would mean a customised three-day quarantine and testing regime. The Telegraph reported that an amber alert would apply over a "variant of concern" found in a country and the uncertainty it might pose to the UK's vaccine rollout. The majority of foreign travel in and out of the UK is currently banned, however the GTT is due to report on potential new rules at the start of April. These would come into effect in accordance with the unlocking roadmap from 17 May.<br/>