The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson has clarified that holidays in countries included in the orange travel list of the British government are still banned.
"It is very important for people to realize what an orange country is. It is not a country where they should go on vacation. Let me be very clear about that. If some people still go to an orange list country, if they need to go to an urgent family or other emergency, please keep in mind that they will have to put themselves in solitary confinement for ten days when they return and this period of isolation will fined up to λι 10.000, "said Mr Johnson.
With this statement, the British Prime Minister tried to dispel the confusion that prevails in his country regarding the fact that international leisure trips to countries in the orange list are finally allowed, such as Cyprus, Greece and most popular European destinations.
It was preceded in the morning by the statement of the Minister of Environment George Justis that the inhabitants of Britain can visit "orange" countries to see relatives and friends.
Mr. Justis, in turn, had attempted to clarify an earlier warning from Health Minister Matt Hancock that travel to the Orange List countries should be avoided.
Travel industry has blamed the government for the confusion, as May 17 was announced as the day for the resumption of international leisure travel, albeit with restrictions on returning to Britain.
Finally, as a government spokesman noted, the instruction of the competent Ministry of Transport is that "one should not travel to the countries of the orange or red list".
However, on Monday, according to the Times, there were about 150 flights from Britain to "orange" destinations.
There are complaints that at British airports travelers to green list countries are queued for checks and luggage along with arrivals from countries that are not considered safe by the British government.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson also said that despite concerns about the growing dispersion of the Indian mutation, he did not see anything definite at the moment that would make him say that there should be a departure from the roadmap for a complete lifting of restrictions on 21 June.
"But we have to be careful and keep everything under very close scrutiny. "We will know a lot more in a few days," Johnson added.