While airlines are resuming flights and countries are opening their borders, the FCO still currently advises against all but essential travel.
This means Brits should not go abroad for a holiday.
Anyone who ignores the advice will invalidate their travel insurance meaning they will not be covered - even if they have an accident or emergency unrelated to the coronavirus situation.
The UK government is expected to soon announce a new travel system that will relax the two week quarantine for Brits returning from certain countries with a low infection rate of COVID-19.
The FCO is also reconsidering its advice, and may decide it's safe to go abroad for non-essential travel once more.
Here's when we can expect the announcements, and what each will mean.
When will the FCO change the travel advice?
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has said the Foreign Office is currently reviewing its travel advice, and that we can expect an announcement this week.
The Foreign Secretary has agreed that travel advice can be eased in countries and territories where the public health risk is no longer ‘unacceptably high’ and therefore advice ‘against non-essential travel’ can be lifted.
While the Foreign Office determines whether it's safe for Brits to go abroad, the government is also reconsidering the health measures for people coming back into the UK.
The government has devised a traffic light system, with countries categorised as 'green', 'amber' or 'red'.
Holidaymakers returning from 'green' or 'amber' countries will not need to quarantine for 14 days when they get home.
Brits who do visit 'red' countries (for work or other essential travel) will still be required to quarantine for two weeks when they get back.
The list of countries on each list will also be announced this week.
It's thought the FCO advice will correspond with the countries on the 'green' and 'amber' lists.
Essentially, the FCO will tell you where it's safe to go, and the government's traffic light system will tell you whether you need to quarantine when you get back.
What about air bridges?
The government is also soon expected to announce its plan regarding air bridges, or travel corridors.
These are agreements between two countries that will allow people to travel freely between the two, without having to quarantine at either side.
Travel advice decisions from the FCO will be separate from the decisions made on air bridges.
