since the last review in portugal. the other is that there is a sort of nepal mutation of the so called indian variant which has been detected, and we just don t know the potential for that to be a vaccine defeating mutation, and simply don t want to take the risk as we come up to 21june. seven more countries were also added to the red list afghanistan, bahrain, costa rica, egypt, sri lanka, sudan and trinidad and tobago with concerns about new variants, some have argued that the government have made the right decision. to be cautious at this stage. it s, yes, an extreme measure. but it s a a pandemic situation and you don t want more variants coming to the uk. but many who were planning foreign trips, and the industry that was hoping to take them, will be bitterly disappointed by today s news and worried about the uncertain shadow it throws across the summer.