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Welcome back. people travelling to england from overseas will no longer have to take a covid test if they are fully vaccinated. the requirement to provide a lateral flow or pcr test will be dropped on the 11th feb, in time for the half term break. and it is one of series of measure the british government is ending. from thursday there will be no more vaccine certificates, the legal requirement to wear a mask will go, they have already ended the work from home directive. measures are being eased in scotland and wales too. the transport secretary said today s announcement marks a new chapter in the pandemic and will make travel much easier. mr speaker, we promised we would not keep these measures in place a day longer than was necessary, and it is obvious to me now that border testing for vaccinated travellers has outlived its usefulness, and therefore, we are scrapping all travel tests for vaccinated people. ....

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