US not on green list of safe travel countries while UK 'unlikely' - Coveney

Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney TD arriving for the Dail sitting at the Convention Centre Dublin. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins Photos

Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said that the US will definitely not be on the green list of countries to which it is deemed safe to travel while the UK is unlikely to be on the list.

The list is being compiled on the basis of epidemiological data, he told Newstalk’s Pat Kenny show.