Full updated list of 'banned red countries' as Portugal is removed - but four others added
direct to your inboxPortugal will be removed from England’s travel ban red list, the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced.The decision means returning travellers will be able to quarantine at home, rather than in a hotel at a cost of £1,750.But Ethiopia, Oman, Somalia and Qatar have been added to the red list to “protect the country against new variants of Covid-19”, the DfT said.The changes come into force at 4am on Friday, March 19.Visitors who have departed from or transited through these countries in the previous 10 days will be refused entry into England.Only British and Irish citizens, or those with residence rights (including long-term visa holders), will be allowed to enter and must stay in a government-approved facility for