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26.03.2022 / 08:07

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All COVID-19 travel restrictions removed in the UK

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All Covid travel restrictions end in Scotland today - including tests and forms

All travel rules have been axed in Scotland and across the UK in a major moment for the travel industry.

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17.03.2022 / 16:07

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Ryanair, Jet2, TUI, easyJet: Face mask rules as Covid travel restrictions to be scrapped

The UK will remove the last remaining Covid travel requirements from Friday, with the Easter holidays just around the corner. Transport secretary Grant Shapps announced that the need to complete a passenger locator form will be dropped later this week.

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15.03.2022 / 21:27

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Manchester Airport 'reviewing' Covid advice as travel restrictions scrapped

The UK will remove the last remaining Covid travel requirements from this Friday, in a move that has been welcomed by the travel industry.

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14.03.2022 / 21:41

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UK's Covid travel rules to be scrapped this week - including passenger locator forms

All of the UK's remaining Covid travel measures including passenger locator forms will be scrapped on Friday, the transport secretary has said.

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UK lifts all Covid testing requirements for vaccinated travellers

Britain without taking any coronavirus tests starting Friday after the government scrapped one of the final restrictions imposed over the past two years in response to Covid-19.

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'Hero' Glasgow nurse died from Covid on same day as alleged Downing Street Christmas do

A nurse described as a 'hero' and 'incredibly compassionate' died from covid on the same day as an alleged party took place in Downing Street - breaking lockdown rules.

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UK lifts Covid-19 test requirements for vaccinated international travelers

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24.01.2022 / 17:24

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Covid tests set to be scrapped for fully-vacinated travellers arriving in England

Boris Johnson has confirmed that fully-vaccinated travellers arriving in England will no longer have to take a coronavirus test.

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COVID-19: U.K. bans flights from South Africa, some neighbouring countries after variant identified

British Transport Minister Grant Shapps said Friday that the U.K. has banned flights from South Africa and some neighbouring countries after a new COVID-19 variant was identified.

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07.10.2021 / 22:41

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'Brilliant news': Manchester Airport celebrates biggest relaxation of travel rules since before pandemic

Manchester Airport has welcomed the biggest relaxation of travel rules to date as 'brilliant news' for the aviation industry.

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UK vows to do whatever it takes to resolve trucker shortage

Britain has vowed to do whatever it takes to resolve a trucker shortage that has forced oil giant BP to close some petrol stations and strained supermarket supply chains to breaking point.

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Covid in Scotland LIVE as positive cases pass 350,000 mark

Scottish Government figures revealed that 1,381 people across the country tested positive for the deadly virus over the last 24-hour period. Since March last year 350,667 Scots have returned a positive test.

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Spain and France avoid going on quarantine red list under new covid travel rules

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Covid Scotland LIVE as Humza Yousaf blasts Tories over change to self-isolation

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, however reports appeared earlier in the day. Michael Matheson, Scotland's Transport Secretary, announced the changes after Shapps took to social media.

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England to allow unquarantined travel from US and EU if vaccinated

People fully vaccinated in the United States and European Union - except France - will be allowed to travel to England without having to quarantine on arrival, the UK government announced today.

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England scraps COVID-19 quarantine for fully-vaccinated travellers from US, EU

British Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced on Wednesday that travellers to the country from the U.S. and the European Union who are fully-vaccinated would be allowed to enter the country without needing to quarantine effective as of Aug.

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Couple 'banned from boarding flight to Malta because Covid jab was made in India'

The Telegraph they were devastated after being turned away from the trip to visit their son - who they had not seen in more than a year. “We were just gutted,” Mrs Hardy said.

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09.07.2021 / 13:43

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NHS Covid-19 app could be changed to stop 'unnecessary' pings, Grant Shapps says

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U.K. reopens holiday travel to limited destinations as COVID-19 restrictions ease

Transport minister Grant Shapps announced on Friday that the British government will allow residents to resume international travel from May 17, but will be limiting the number of destinations open for quarantine-free holidays to just a handful of countries as it cautiously emerges from COVID-19 lockdown restrictions.

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07.05.2021 / 20:19

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How travellers can prove their Covid vaccination status when going abroad

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28.04.2021 / 11:36

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NHS app being altered to become Covid-19 certificate for travel

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Brits desperate for a summer holiday could use free NHS Covid tests to cut costs

Fancy an escape? Sign up to the Chill newsletter for weekly inspiration and advice on UK holidays The Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has suggested that in the future holidaymakers may be allowed to take their free NHS Covid tests on holiday in order to reduce costs.Rather than PCR tests, which are the established way travellers prove they are negative for Covid, holidaymakers could use rapid 'lateral flow' tests before flying.PCR tests are considered more accurate as swabs are tested in a laboratory but they are significantly more expensive. The Transport Secretary indicated that when international flights do return it is likely only PCR tests will initially be allowed, reports the Mirror.

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'Premature' to book summer holidays abroad Scots warned as covid spikes in Europe

holidays abroad this summer, Scots have been warned. The Scottish Government and the SNP responded to a UK government minister's suggestion that people can "start to think" about taking foreign trips.

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Scots warned against planning summer holidays abroad amid Europe Covid spike

Grant Shapps said last week that people could "start to think" about booking overseas summer holidays.The UK transport secretary claimed it was 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".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.But the Scottish Government has reacted coolly to the Tory minister's comments, while the SNP dubbed them "premature".

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British mull summer holidays as travel system announced

The British public can now think about booking summer holidays abroad but there were still risks, a minister said after the government unveiled details of its new traffic light system for travel.

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Some hauliers arriving in England to face COVID-19 tests

England from outside Britain and Ireland for more than two days will need to take COVID-19 tests in a bid to tackle the spread of any future variants, transport minister Grant Shapps said on Sunday.Affected hauliers will need to take a test within 48 hours and one every 72 hours thereafter as part of the new rules."This is to ensure we keep track of any future coronavirus variants of concern," Shapps wrote on Twitter.Prime Minister Boris Johnson suggested earlier this week that Britain might need to tighten restrictions on arrivals from France, including truck drivers.A similar move by France in December caused chaos in southern England when it was introduced at short notice but the industry believes there is now enough rapid testing

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Some hauliers arriving in England to face Covid tests

Lorry drivers arriving in England from outside Britain and Ireland for more than two days will need to take Covid-19 tests in a bid to tackle the spread of any future variants, transport minister Grant Shapps has said.

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03.02.2021 / 14:29

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Grant Shapps explains why UK can't shut borders like Australia to control spread of coronavirus

coronavirus in the same way as countries such as Australia.

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Passengers arrive in UK from Dubai in frantic rush to beat Covid deadline

Hordes of frantic passengers have been touching down in the UK from Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the last remaining hours before travel is banned.

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Coronavirus: Travel ban over Brazilian COVID-19 variant precautionary, U.K. transport minister says

British Transport Minister Grant Shapps said on Friday that a Brazilian variant of the coronavirus is significant enough to justify stopping flights from South America as a precaution.

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COVID-19 variant found in Brazil prompts U.K. to impose more travel restrictions

Britain’s government has banned travel from South America and Portugal to ensure a new variant of COVID-19 found in Brazil doesn’t derail the country’s vaccination program, although there are no signs the variant has reached the U.K.Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the ban, which took effect Friday morning, was extended to Portugal because many people who come to Europe from South America travel through Portugal.“We don’t have cases at the moment, but this is a precautionary approach,” Shapps told the BBC.

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New Brazilian strain of Covid-19 already thought to be in the UK

coronavirus variant is already thought to be in the UK. Head of Department of Infectious Disease at Imperial College London, Professor Wendy Barclay believes the mutant strain has already been detected here.Travellers were banned from entering the UK from South America on Friday in a bid to avoid a new strain of the virus.The travel ban also covers Panama and Portugal.Although different from the new strains detected in the UK and South Africa, the Brazil variant shares some key mutations.

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Full list of countries slapped with UK travel ban after new Covid strains found

The UK has today imposed more travel bans following the discovery of a new mutant strain of Covid-19 - so what countries are now affected?

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14.01.2021 / 20:05

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'Urgent decision' made to ban arrivals from 16 countries amid fears over Brazilian coronavirus strain

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Brazil Covid variant: Travel to UK banned from 15 South American countries and Portugal

Travel to the UK will be banned from 15 South American countries as well as Portugal, as fears mount about a new Covid variant that began in Brazil.

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Government claims to act 'decisively' on Covid strains amid delay in Brazil travel ban

A government minister has said the UK has acted "decisively" on covid strains - despite a recent delay in banning travel from Brazil.

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New Covid travel rules delayed by 3 days despite fears over Brazil variant

Strict new Covid travel rules on people coming into England have been delayed for three days despite mounting fears over the virus.

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Coronavirus: Negative COVID-19 test needed to board flights to U.K.

Airlines flying into the United Kingdom will be required to bar passengers from boarding if they do not have a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours of departure, transport minister Grant Shapps confirmed on Friday.

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Scientists 'not sure' if Covid vaccine will beat South African strain, top Tory says

Scientists are ‘not sure’ if the new South African strain of coronavirus will respond properly to a vaccine, a UK Cabinet minister said today.

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Travellers arriving in Scotland will need negative Covid test or face £500 fine

coronavirus. It has been announced that from next week anyone arriving in the UK will have to take a test up to 72 hours before leaving the country of departure.

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UK imposes mandatory covid tests on all incoming travelers

passengers arriving in the U.K. will be required to prove they do not have coronavirus, showing a negative test result taken within 72 hours of the start of their journey.Under new rules announced by the British government, anyone failing to produce the evidence of a negative test will be hit with an immediate fine of 500 pounds ($678).

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Negative Covid test requirement for travellers to England - but Ireland exempt

Travellers to England from international destinations will have to test negative for coronavirus before they can enter the country, the British government has announced.

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All travellers entering England must have negative Covid test or face £500 fine

coronavirus before they can enter the country or face a £500 fine, the Government has announced.Under plans set out by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, from next week passengers arriving by boat, train or plane will have to take a test up to 72 hours before leaving the country of departure.He said the move was designed to prevent new variants of the disease which have emerged in countries such as South Africa and Denmark.Failure to comply with the new regulations will lead to an immediate £500 fine.There will be a limited number of exemptions, including hauliers, children under 11, crews and for those travelling from countries without the infrastructure available to deliver tests.Arrivals from the Common Travel Area with Ireland will also

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England makes Covid tests mandatory for all international visitors

England to present a negative COVID-19 test result on arrival starting next week to protect against new strains of the coronavirus from other countries, the government said on Friday.Passengers arriving by boat, plane or train will have to take a test up to 72 hours before departing for England, the transport ministry said, mirroring measures taken by many other countries around the world.Also Read | How US democracy nearly came undone"We already have significant measures in place to prevent imported cases of COVID-19, but with new strains of the virus developing internationally we must take further precautions," Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said in a statement.British Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered a new lockdown for England this

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08.01.2021 / 03:23

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International travellers to England will require negative Covid-19 test

direct to your inboxAll international travellers entering England will need a negative Covid-19 test before they can enter the country.Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has set out plans that will begin next week for passengers arriving by boat, train or plane.They will all need to take a test up to 72 hours before leaving the country of departure.Mr Shapps said the move was designed to prevent new variants of the disease which have emerged in countries such as South Africa and Denmark.Failure to comply with the new regulations will lead to an immediate £500 fine.There will be a limited number of exemptions, including hauliers, children under 11, crews and for those travelling from countries without the infrastructure available to deliver

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Thousands of lorry drivers still stranded in Dover

Thousands of international lorry drivers look set to spend Christmas Day cooped up in their cabs at the English Channel border as slow progress was made to return hauliers home to their loved ones.

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Just three truckers so far test positive for Covid-19 in queue to leave England

Covid-19 were shown to be infected under an emergency testing regime that began this week to reopen the border with France and allow thousands of stranded truckers to return home.The discovery of a more contagious coronavirus variant in England prompted many countries to shut their borders to people travelling from Britain, resulting in miles of lorries queued along one of the country's most important trade routes.Also Read | Inside the farmer disquiet at Delhi’s doorstepA deal struck with France on Tuesday allowed the border to reopen as long as travellers had proof of a negative test.Britain's transport minister, Grant Shapps, announced the first results of the testing scheme and expressed his indignation that earlier advice by the

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0