The UK will today set out plans to restart international travel, using a "traffic-light" system as the country cautiously emerges from lockdown.
The announcement comes as the UK has set a tentative date of 17 May to relaunch international travel. In a statement on Saturday, Downing Street said travel destinations will be ranked green, amber or red according to virus risk, with the government to provide more details today.
International travel is currently banned except for a handful of permitted reasons. This has created massive pent-up demand for summer holidays abroad.
Prime Minister, Boris Johnson said: "We are doing everything we can to enable the reopening of our country as safely as possible." The government said the new system "will