Covid travel rules: Portugal removed from UK green list as seven others join red list

Portugal will be removed from the UK's green travel list from Tuesday, amid rising coronavirus cases and concern over a "Nepal mutation of the so-called Indian variant". It will join the amber list, meaning holidaymakers should not visit and returnees must isolate for 10 days. Seven nations - including Egypt, Costa Rica and Sri Lanka - will join the red list, with the toughest travel rules. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the move was a "safety-first approach". Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have confirmed they will adopt the same changes. Countries have their own rules about allowing visitors, so being on the UK's green list does not guarantee travellers can visit. The red list will expand to include Afghanistan, Bahrain, Costa Rica, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Sudan and Trinidad and Tobago. People arriving in the UK from these destinations will be required to stay in a quarantine hotel for 10 days at a fixed cost of GBP1,750 per adult. The changes come into effect at 04:00 BST on Tuesday. No new countries will be added to the green list, Shapps said.<br/>