Brazil Covid variant detected in at least 15 countries that don't require hotel quarantine

Only UK nationals may travel from 'red list' countries, and are subject to mandatory quarantine (Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

The Manaus variant of coronavirus, discovered in both England and Scotland, has also been reported in 15 countries not on the UK's so-called 'red list'.

Red list countries are those which require any incoming visitors - who must be UK nationals - to quarantine in a designated hotel for 10 days on arrival, and include Brazil, Peru and Portugal.

Mandatory quarantine is in place to prevent new variants of coronavirus entering the UK, but - according to a list compiled by the World Health Organisation (WHO) - the most recent variant of concern (the Manaus variant) is present in 15 countries not included on the red list.