Britain adds 7 countries, including Egypt and Sri Lanka, to ‘red list’

Britain added seven countries, including Egypt and Sri Lanka, to its “red list” of destinations that require hotel quarantine on return to England on Thursday, in a review that also saw Portugal move from “green” to “amber,” Reuters reported.

No countries were added to the quarantine-free green list.

The full list of countries added to the “red list” is: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Costa Rica, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Sudan, and Trinidad & Tobago.

All changes to the lists will come into effect at 0400 (0300 GMT) on June 8, the government said.

Portugal will be removed from England’s so-called “green list” allowing quarantine-free travel between the two countries, the UK government said, in a move slammed by Lisbon and Britain’s tourism sector.