Also known as the “red list”, the UK has now banned or imposed tighter travel restrictions from 33 countries. The countries are mainly located in South America and Southern Africa. This is to curb the spread of Covid-19, its new variants and mutations.

The full list of banned countries are:

• Angola
• Argentina
• Bolivia
• Botswana
• Brazil
• Burundi
• Cape Verde
• Chile
• Colombia
• Democratic Republic of Congo
• Ecuador
• Eswatini
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Lesotho
• Malawi
• Mauritius
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Portugal (including Madeira and the Azores)
• Rwanda
• Seychelles
• South Africa
• Suriname
• Tanzania
• Uruguay
• United Arab Emirates
• Venezuela
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

This list is constantly being updated.