109 countries on the quarantine list have lower Covid rates than the UK
The reticence to grant more travel corridors – just two were announced last week – is a source of growing exasperation for tour operators
South Africa is among the most high-profile omissions
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More than 100 countries on the UK’s “high-risk” travel list now have a lower Covid infection rate than Britain.
The seven-day case rate for the UK, as of December 16, stands at 207.4 per 100,000 residents – lower than the US (470.6 per 100,000) and 27 European nations (including Croatia, Denmark and Portugal), but higher than the vast majority of the world.
Nevertheless, of the 149 countries beneath the UK in the Covid table, only 40 have been granted a travel corridor permitting Britons to visit without a 10-day quarantine when they return.