From 4am, 24 October there will be a new simplified travel two-tier system, and arrivals into England who are fully vaccinated, along with most under 18s, who have not been in a red list country in the last 10 days will be able to take the cheaper lateral flow test on or before day 2 of their arrival, instead of a PCR test. Anyone who tests positive will need to self-isolate and take an NHS PCR test.
Many countries were removed from the red list recently with seven remaining:
- Colombia
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Haiti
- Panama
- Peru
- Venezuela
