The measures aim to simplify travel restrictions, while also preventing returning Brits importing vaccine busting covid variants.would require hardly any restrictions for travellers apart a 15 minutes lateral flow test - likely taken when arriving in the UK.
Amber nations will likely require negative PCR tests before travel and some form of quarantine, as well as a lateral flow test on arrival.It comes amid warnings from scientists that opening up international travel could see new Covid strains enter the country.
Speaking this morning, Professor Paul Hunter, of the University of East Anglia, warned that mutant variants would emerge even as the pandemic recedes - but not all of them would be a cause for concern. The World Health Organisation has currently identified three variants of 'concern' which could have significant public health implications if they become dominant.
These include the Kent strain - which is more transmissible - and the South Africa and Brazil variants, which experts fear could be more resistant to vaccines.Boris Johnson tells Brits lockdown easing WILL go ahead on schedule and vows ‘in a few days’ time, I’ll be down the pub’
In my city it's like there is no lockdown roads are full of traffic city centres full of shoppers everywhere and not a sign of any police or Covid Wardens checking why these people are out.
Exeter university students partying ignoring one way systems refusing to wear face masks they simply don’t give a shit
'Responding to the figures, a leading GPs' union raised concerns about the 'tsunami of mental health issues' caused by Covid-19.' wonder if any advisors will be SACKED for IGNORING all other issues for covid EVERYDAY IN LOCKDOWN MAKES THINGS WORSE
Cases are up 4% over the whole week according to the latest govt figures? You can't take a single day in isolation.
Read it and weep EU, Macron, etc
Fantastic achievement by our government
And yet we are still all locked up
end the lockdown now. oh wait 50% of people have ended it already judging by today
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