{"id":119602,"date":"2021-04-02T15:14:52","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T15:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=119602"},"modified":"2021-04-02T15:14:52","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T15:14:52","slug":"coronavirus-uk-latest-four-countries-added-to-travel-red-list-as-englands-r-rate-rises-as-high-as-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/coronavirus-uk-latest-four-countries-added-to-travel-red-list-as-englands-r-rate-rises-as-high-as-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus UK latest – Four countries added to travel 'red list' as England's R rate rises as high as one"},"content":{"rendered":"

FOUR new countries have today been added to the government's "travel red list" amid a spike in coronavirus cases. <\/strong><\/p>\n

International travellers from the Philippines, Pakistan, Kenya and Bangladesh will be refused entry into England from April 19 – as the UK's coronavirus R rate rose as high as one. <\/p>\n

Only people with British and Irish citizenship – or residence rights in the UK – will be allowed to enter England from next Friday.<\/p>\n

But Brits who do arrive from these countries will be required to self-isolate in a\u00a0government-approved hotel quarantine facility\u00a0for 10 days – costing \u00a31,750 per person.<\/p>\n

It comes as the Covid reproduction number, or R value, in England rose to between 0.8 and 1, according to the latest Government figures. <\/p>\n

This is compared to a figure of between 0.7 and 0.9 for the whole of the UK last week.<\/p>\n

When the figure is above 1, an outbreak can grow exponentially, but when it is below 1, it means the epidemic is shrinking.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, MPS have slammed "discriminatory" coronavirus vaccine passports as pubs face tougher entry rules when they reopen later this month. <\/p>\n

Labour peer Baroness Chakrabarti told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "It's dangerous, it's discriminatory, it's counter-productive."<\/p>\n

Read our coronavirus live blog below for the very latest news and updates on the pandemic<\/em><\/strong>…<\/p>\n