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with people returning from red countries still required to pay to quarantine in hotels. the number and type of covid tests for returning travellers is changing too as, from lith october, they ll no longer need to take a lateral flow test before setting off. they also won t need to take an expensive pcr test when they get here if they are fully vaccinated. but they are required to take a lateral flow test within two days of arrival. and people who ve been given vaccines approved for use in the uk will now have those innoculations recognised in some other countries. let s hear more from the transport secretary, grant shapps. we wa nted we wanted to bring a new, simpler, easier, to navigate, and a cheaper system as well, so we brought this in to the new year, at the very least, and the purpose is to make it easier for people to travel without the bureaucracy, without so many tests and with a greater level of

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