Spain Unlikely To Go On Amber Plus List?
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- 11:36, 21 Jul 2021
- Updated : 15:45, 22 Jul 2021
SPAIN is unlikely to be added to the amber plus list anytime soon, the government has confirmed – providing some relief for Brits. Last week, France was excluded from the new amber list rules which lets fully vaxxed Brits skip the 10-day quarantine when returning to the UK. 
2 Spain is unlikely to be added to the amber plus list, the DoT have confirmed Credit: Getty Fed-up holidaymakers in France were forced to return to the UK at short notice due to the last-minute change. Dubbed the new “amber plus” list, it was feared that Spain and Greece could also be added due to the rise in Beta variant Covid cases, which may be more resistant to vaccines. Spain has recorded 162 cases of the Beta variant in the week to July 1 (8. 8 per cent of sequenced cases) compared to 3.
5 per cent of France’s sequenced cases over the same period. Spain’s overall Covid cases have also been rising. The country reported nearly 44,000 daily cases on July 13, its highest ever total during the pandemic.
However, the Department for Transport has since told the travel industry that tourists returning from Spain won’t be slapped with new restrictions imminently, with the next update in August, according to the Telegraph. They also added that the addition of France was a “one off” travel change.
Will Greece and Spain stay on the Amber List?
Popular holiday destinations including Greece and Spain are likely to stay on the amber list at next week’s traffic light review, in a boost to the holiday plans of hundreds of thousands of travelers this summer.