[Source: BBC]
A proposal to create an “amber watch-list” of countries at risk of moving to red in the travel traffic light system has been abandoned, a government source has told the BBC.
It comes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he wanted a “simple” and “balanced approach” to pandemic travel.
Government sources said no new categories would now be added.
Tory MPs and travel industry figures earlier warned a complex system risked putting people off from travelling.
The government had been considering the idea of a new level in the government’s traffic light system for overseas travel, ahead of the next review this week.
It would have warned people when a destination was at risk of a sudden shift from amber to red – meaning that travel would be banned for everyone except UK nationals and residents, who would be required to quarantine in a hotel on their return.
