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Many have done similar to that when India was put onto the Red List. Not to Green but to amber.

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Cases tied to the delta strain were reported as being low in France, Spain and Germany, but each nation's health minister warn that the delta variant is perceived as a real threat. As of June 14, Spain reported the delta variant accounted for less than 1% of cases.

Fast forward  9 days and :

BERLIN, June 23 (Reuters) - The share of COVID-19 infections caused by the more easily transmitted Delta variant of the coronavirus has doubled in Germany in a week and is likely to gain more traction over other variants, the Robert Koch Institute public health agency said on Wednesday.

A whole genome sequencing analysis shows the Delta variant - first identified in India - accounting for 15% of infections, the Institute said, adding that "the proportion of variant B.1.617.2 (Delta) continues to increase and the proportion of this VOC (variant of concern) doubled within one week."

"The current distribution of the variants in Germany shows that it can be expected that the VOC B.1.617.2 can be expected to prevail over the other variants," it added in a report.

Chancellor Angela Merkel said earlier on Wednesday she would like other European countries to require people entering them from countries where there are high levels of the Delta variant, like Britain, to go into quarantine, as is the case in Germany.

Not sure how that might work in practice, but Gibraltar is the only practical green zone country for UK immigration so it would depend on which countries are on their green list, currently Spain is but the rest aren’t much use to your average holidaying Brits. Either way, it involves a lot of form filling and testing. Also, I’m not sure how Gibraltar would react to becoming a staging post for Covid possibles. 99% of residents are vaccinated, but despite that they have resident cases of delta strain.

Lots of "green list" areas in the UK,  just spent 3 weeks in Cornwall, provided you are sensible and stay away from the hot spots it is a wonderful place to be and the weather was just great ,

Spoilt by too many Chelsea/Kensington types in that place, but nice nonetheless.

I thought Rock had that advantage. 

Looking at the algal slime affecting med beaches UK beaches are looking good.

It will be Interesting to hear today's announcements.

Rock is party town while St Mawes is boatie town. 

Just watching the TDF on TV. Several  of the villages they have passed through have been fairly rammed. Given they have a much lower vaccination rate than us, it hardly seems sensible. I’d love to be watching live but it wouldn’t be in a village or town.

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