Written by
Faridah N Kulumba
Africa-Press – Tanzania. The United Kingdom at long last removed Tanzania from its controversial ‘Red List’ in a move that will ease travel for thousands who traditionally used London as a connecting hub, and improve passenger traffic.
Starting from 11 October 2021, arrivals from Tanzania and 46 other countries will no longer have to enter hotel quarantine in the UK, but they will just have to do a PCR test on or before day two.
In a major overhaul, only seven countries remain on the red list, including Peru and the Dominican Republic, , The Citizen Reported.
The Red List
The UK segmented countries into green amber and red lists, each carrying different degrees of restrictions for arrivals back to Britain.
A British citizen travelling from a Green and Amber list is not required to undergo a mandatory quarantine to curb the spread of Covid-19.
While travellers arriving in the UK from countries on the Red List are denied entry, and the returning Britons must submit to 10 days of mandatory quarantine in hotels.
The ‘Red List’ contains stringent rules for travel to the UK, even if one is fully vaccinated. They include taking Covid-19 test three days before travel and two more on arrival in Britain, and being quarantined in a hotel after completing a passenger locator.
Other Countries removed from ‘Red List’
Other countries that have been removed from the UK Red List include Afghanistan, Angola, Argentina, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burundi, Cape Verde, Chile, Democratic Republic of Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Eritrea and Eswatini, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Georgia, Guyana, Indonesia, Lesotho, Malawi, Mayotte, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Paraguay, Philippine, Reunion and Rwanda.
New changes
The UK transport secretary Grant Shapps confirmed that the 47 recategorised countries will be moved to Britain’s “rest of the world” list.
Uk is also making changes so that travellers visiting England have fewer entry requirements, by recognising those with fully-vax status from 37 new countries and territories including India,Turkey and Ghana, treating them the same as UK fully-vax passengers.
