Following an update announcement by UK Transport Secretary Grant Schapps, 47 countries on the so-called “Red List” will be removed from the list as of 4 am on Monday, October 11.
Only 7 countries will be maintained on the Red List, all from Central and South America: Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela, freeing the entry of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, French Guiana, Guyana, Mexico, Reunion, Suriname, Trinidad, and Tobago and Uruguay.
Outside the regional area, important countries such as South Africa, Thailand, Georgia and Ethiopia, among others, have been added.
The complete list of qualifying countries as of October 11:
Afghanistan
Angola
Argentina
Bolivia
Botswana
Brazil
Burundi
Cape Verde
Chile
Congo (Democratic Republic of)
Costa Rica
Cuba
Eritrea
Eswatini
Ethiopia
French Guiana
Georgia
Guyana
Indonesia
Lesotho
Malawi
Mayotte
Mexico
Mongolia
Montenegro
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Paraguay
Philippines
Reunion
Rwanda
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
Sudan
Suriname
Tanzania
Thailand
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Uganda
Uruguay
Zambia
Zimbabwe
