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Data informing international travel traffic-light risk assessments: 15 July 2021

A summary of key data used by the Joint Biosecurity Centre (JBC) to inform country risk assessments.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 15 July 2021
• Last updated: 5 August 2021 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Risk assessment data: 15 July 2021

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The Joint Biosecurity Centre (JBC), part of the UK Health Security Agency, in partnership with devolved administrations, has developed a dynamic risk assessment methodology to inform ministerial decisions on red, amber and green list countries and the associated border measures against the risks of importing cases of SARS-CoV-2 and its variants.

Available and relevant sources of information for each country or territory are used to provide an overall assessment on:

• genomic surveillance capability
• SARS-CoV-2 transmission risk
• variant of concern (VOC) transmission risk

Decisions are taken by ministers informed by evidence including JBC’s analysis as well as other relevant public health factors.

A summary of key data used by JBC to inform the latest round of assessments is shown in the tables.

Published 15 July 2021
Last updated 5 August 2021 + show all updates

1. 5 August 2021

   Added latest travel traffic-light risk assessments update.

2. 15 July 2021

   First published.