Concerns raised over risk of new Covid variant as travel restrictions eased
Boris Johnson risks allowing a new Covid variant to run rampant through the country by further easing restrictions for EU and US travellers, Labour has claimed. England is to allow people visiting from the US and the EU who are fully vaccinated against coronavirus to enter without the need to quarantine.
The new rules will be in place from 4am on Monday, with Transport Secretary Grant Shapps expressing hopes that the US will become more relaxed about allowing Britons to visit in time.
But following an encouraging few days in which Covid-19 case numbers in the UK have fallen from above 50,000 on July 17 to 27,734 by 9am on Wednesday, Labour sounded warnings over the impact of the travel changes. Shadow transport secretary Jim McMahon said: The Government’s track record on our borders ha...