British holidaymakers planning a desperate bolt for the sun from Monday should avoid countries on the UK's amber list even though they can visit them, Matt Hancock said today. This requires them to quarantine for 14 days at home upon return, but they avoid the expensive hotel quarantine required for people visiting red list states. Speaking to Tom Newton Dunn and Daisy McAndrew on Times Radio today, Mr Hancock said: 'We have a green list where it's okay to go and that's why we've brought the green list in. 'But what I would say is that people should not travel to amber or red list countries unless it's absolutely necessary. And then we have the amber list and the red list for the type of isolation you need to go into when you come home.

Source: The Nation May 16, 2021 12:02 UTC