{"id":111152,"date":"2021-04-02T10:08:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T10:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=111152"},"modified":"2021-04-02T10:08:19","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T10:08:19","slug":"covid-19-pakistan-kenya-bangladesh-and-the-philippines-added-to-englands-travel-red-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/covid-19-pakistan-kenya-bangladesh-and-the-philippines-added-to-englands-travel-red-list\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: Pakistan, Kenya, Bangladesh and the Philippines added to England’s travel ‘red list’"},"content":{"rendered":"
Pakistan, Kenya, Bangladesh and the Philippines have been added to England’s coronavirus “red list”.<\/p>\n
The move, which will take effect from 4am on Friday, 9 April, is in response to concerns about new variants of COVID-19<\/strong>, like those first detected in South Africa and Brazil.<\/p>\n It means international visitors who have departed from or transited through those nations in the previous 10 days will be barred from entering.<\/p>\n British and Irish citizens and those with residence rights in the UK will be allowed to enter, but will have to arrive at a designated port and then pay to stay in a government-approved quarantine hotel for 10 days.<\/p>\n The additions mean a total of 39 countries are now on the “red list”. They are:<\/p>\n • Angola
• Argentina
• Bangladesh
• Bolivia
• Botswana
• Brazil
• Burundi
• Cape Verde
• Chile
• Colombia
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Ecuador
• Eswatini
• Ethiopia
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Kenya
• Lesotho
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Peru
• The Philippines
• Qatar
• Rwanda
• Seychelles
• Somalia
• South Africa
• Suriname
• Tanzania
• United Arab Emirates
• Uruguay
• Venezuela
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe<\/p>\n