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Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. Click here Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice  Holidaymakers could be given more options for 'safe travel' as the Government is set to update its foreign travel list. An announcement will come 'later today' following a review by ministers on which countries should be on the green, amber, and red lists. Those returning to the UK from green locations do not have to self-isolate, and only need to take one post-arrival coronavirus test. READ MORE: Coronavirus LIVE as Brits await 'Green List' travel update decision  However the list is currently very limited, with only 11 destinations, and none of which are tourist hotspots for Brits. The Government advises against travel to amber list locations, where travellers returning must quarantine at home for 10 days and take two post-arrival tests. While you will be refused entry to the UK if you have been in a country or territory on the red list in the last 10 days. If you are a British or Irish National, or you have residence rights in the UK, you will be able to enter, but you must quarantine in a government-approved hotel for 10 days. You can view the full list here. Downing Street has not confirmed when the announcement could be made. However the last update on the travel traffic light system came at 5pm. A statement said: "Transport Secretary Grant Shapps will provide an update to the international travel lists and outline the next steps for international travel later today." According to reports, Malta and the Balearic Islands, with its popular destinations of Mallorca and Ibiza, could be moved to the green list. These countries are among a 'handful' of places being considered for quarantine-free travel, according to the Times. (Image: AP)  Ahead of the announcement on Thursday, Boris Johnson said there was a real opportunity to open up travel this summer for those who have two doses of the coronavirus jab. Asked about Angela Merkel saying the Delta variant meant there should be more restrictions on British travellers going abroad, the Prime Minister said: I think that the real opportunity we all have now is to open up travel through the double jab. If you look at it weve got more than 60% of our population have now had two jabs, I think 83% have had one jab, were really getting through it now. The crucial thing is come forward and get your second jab.  On a visit to New Normandy Barracks in Aldershot, he said: Im not going to claim that this summer, for travel purposes, is going to be like any other summer. I dont want to cast a pall over things but, as I said the other day, it will be different.  It comes after the PM warned of a 'difficult year for travel'. Speaking yesterday, he said: I want to stress that this is going to be  whatever happens  a difficult year for travel. There will be hassle, there will be delays, I am afraid, because the priority has got to be to keep the country safe and stop the virus coming back in.