LONDON, April 5 (Reuters) - Britain said on Monday it was
too soon to say whether or not international summer holidays
could go ahead this year, suggesting a planned reopening of
outbound travel could be pushed back beyond May 17.
Britain plans to use a traffic-light risk system for
countries once non-essential international travel resumes but
the government said it was too soon to say which countries could
be given the green light that would only require testing before
and after travel.
"Taking into account the latest situation with variants and
the evidence about the efficacy of vaccines against them, we
will confirm in advance whether non-essential international
travel can resume on 17 May, or whether we will need to wait
longer before lifting the outbound travel restriction," a
government review said.
(Reporting by Kate Holton; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)