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Greece bans Brits when it reopens to tourists due to poor coronavirus record

Greece has released its latest travel advice and told millions of Brits hoping for a summer holiday to Greece that they're not welcome when the country reopens to tourists next month

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Greece has banned Brits when it reopens to tourists due to our poor coronavirus record.

The government has said they will accept tourists from a list of 29 countries when international flights resume on June 15.

But the UK has not made the cut as expected after Greek tourism minister Haris Theoharis told ITV News that the UK's record on coronavirus is currently not good enough.

“I think that the UK has a big difference in terms of the current medical status of the country with Greece, so I don’t think it’s likely it will be there,” he said.

Brits have been told they're not welcome(Getty Images)

The countries lucky enough to be able to go on holiday in Greece are; Albania, Australia, Austria, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, Estonia, Japan, Israel, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Malta, Montenegro, New Zealand, Norway, South Korea, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech Republic and Finland.

The list was compiled after a study of the epidemiological profile of the countries of origin of the tourists and after taking into account announcements from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), as well as the relevant proposal of the Infectious Diseases Committee.

Tourists from the list of countries will be randomly tested at the airports.

Greece's government said that the list will be expanded on on July 1 and coronavirus data will continued to be monitored giving some hope to Brist that they may be able to holiday there laster this summer.