Britain urged to publish list of "green" countries for travel

Britain has been urged to publish its “green” list of countries where people from England will be able to travel as soon as possible as the May 17 date for the restart of holidays nears. The parliamentary Transport Committee on Saturday called on the government to provide the details of its three-tier “traffic light” system for rating destination countries based on their COVID-19 safety. Ongoing uncertainty over when and where people can travel could cost further jobs in the already battered travel, aviation and tourism sectors, warned the committee. “There are just 16 days until international travel is expected to resume on 17 May. Incredibly, passengers and industry are still in the dark about which countries they can visit and the requirements to do so,” Transport Committee chairman Huw Merriman said. The government said in mid-April it would announce which countries were in which category in early May, ahead of a plan to allow holidays again from May 17 at the earliest.<br/>