Travel news: Foreign Office ‘green list’ countries detailed in quiet update?

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The Foreign Office has updated its travel advice. In its new advice is has classed Corfu, Crete, Kos, Rhodes, and Zakynthos in Greece, as well as all the Canary Islands as “low risk”.

This may indicate some of the countries set to appear in the “green list” when it is finally published.

The Government has split countries into green, amber, and red groups for travel after 17 May.

Green list countries will have the fewest restrictions.

What does the Foreign Office advice say now?

It reads: “The FCDO is not advising against travel to the islands of Rhodes, Kos, Zakynthos, Corfu and Crete.”

Also not warned against are the Canary Islands, Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Lanzarote.

There are still blanket warnings against France, Italy and Croatia.

However, there are no warnings against Gibraltar, Iceland, Israel and Malta.

Also not labelled with warnings is the US, except for the Northern Mariana Islands and the US Virgin Islands.

Barbados and Cuba are not high risk, according to the Foreign Office.

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