Major holiday hotspots get green light

The popular Spanish islands which are home to include Ibiza, Menorca and Mallorca have been added to Northern Ireland's green travel list.

Travelers returning to NI from the Balearic Islands will no longer have to self isolate for 10 days.

The changes kick in from 4am on June 30.

A number of other major holiday hotspots have also been added to the green list - those include as Barbados, Bermuda, Grenada, Madeira and Malta.

Those destinations were all previously on Northern Ireland's amber list, which involves returning travellers having to quarantine at home for 10 days.

The Westminster Government is also expected to update England's travel lists later this evening (Thursday).

The full list

Anguilla

Antigua and Barbuda

Balearic islands

Barbados

British Antarctic Territory

British Indian Ocean Territory

British Virgin Islands

Cayman Islands

Dominica

Grenada

Madeira

Malta

Montserrat

Pitcairn Islands

Turks and Caicos Islands

Northern Ireland also made additions to its red list, which involves returning travellers having to stay at a quarantine hotel.

The affected countries are the Dominican Republic, Eritrea, Haiti, Kuwait, Mongolia, Tunisia and Uganda.

Earlier, it emerged a covid vaccination certificate system for NI is currently being created.

For more information:

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