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April 10, 2021
LONDON: People can “start to think” about booking overseas summer holidays, according to Transport Secretary Grant Shapps.
The Cabinet minister said it is the first time in “many months” he was not advising against booking foreign trips. His comments came just five days after Downing Street published a document which urged people “not to book summer holidays abroad until the picture is clearer”.
On Friday Shapps announced a “framework” for the resumption of overseas leisure travel, which included requiring all arrivals to take pre-departure and post-arrival coronavirus tests. Post-arrival tests must be the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) type which cost about £120, he said.
Calls for travel clarity and concerns over £120 covid tests
Global Travel Taskforce plan is a âa blow to all travellersâ say easyjet
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Covid holiday travel restrictions could ease in time for peak summer season Sean Morrison
Popular holiday destinations could be opened up to British travellers at the end of June under Government plans to ease Covid restrictions in time for the summer season.
Ministers are expected to allow quarantine-free travel from May 17 to a small number of “green-listed” countries that have a high level of vaccinations.
Under the plans, those returning from “amber” and “red” countries will need to quarantine on their return to the UK.
The Government said it would review the plan on June 28, when the rules on testing and quarantine could be relaxed for countries placed in the amber-listed countries.
UPDATE: Calls for cheaper tests follow UK government travel report
Fri, 9th Apr 2021 05:45
(Alliance News) - Calls for clarity, cheaper Covid testing and more solutions from the UK government have followed the release of its taskforce s findings into international travel during the pandemic.
The Global Travel Taskforce has stopped short of confirming whether foreign holidays will be permitted from May 17 or which destinations people can visit without self-isolating on their return.
Announcing the group s findings, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps did confirm a traffic light system would be used to categorise countries based on risk, but the Department for Transport says it will not be until early next month that it will decide which countries will be on which list .