Travellers arriving within the UK from abroad may quickly be required to show they’ve had a destructive Covid-19 check.
Whereas the process has been commonplace in lots of locations for months, British authorities have to this point proved unwilling to observe go well with.
Nonetheless, the division for transport (DfT) mentioned the measure was now one among a number of being thought-about to “stop the unfold of Covid-19 throughout the UK border”.
The information comes as new variants of Covid-19, a few of which unfold extra simply, are inflicting explicit concern.
“Extra measures, together with testing earlier than departure, will assist hold the importation of recent instances to an absolute minimal,” the division for transport added.
It’s thought that haulage drivers coming by ports could be exempt.
Nonetheless, the DfT mentioned full particulars are nonetheless to be agreed and shall be set out in “due course”.
Any such measure could be a devolved concern, so the DfT would want to agree a path ahead with Scotland, Wales and Northern Eire to make it UK-wide.
A spokesperson mentioned: “With a brand new pressure of the virus on the unfastened in South Africa and a extra infectious variant already widespread within the UK we have to do extra.”
The measures had been being mentioned as Boris Johnson imposed the third nationwide lockdown in England earlier this week to stop the NHS being overwhelmed.
