Johnson should have done this 10 months ago: he’s stopping foreign travel
Gatwick Airport: there won’t be many planes overhead there from Monday (January 18).
‘UK to close all travel corridors from Monday’ says the BBC headline. Confused?
It means travel into and out of the UK will be halted, in a bid to stop new strains of Covid-19 from infecting people here.
The UK is to close all travel corridors from Monday morning to “protect against the risk of as yet unidentified new strains” of Covid, the PM has said.
Anyone flying into the country from overseas will have to show proof of a negative Covid test before setting off.
It comes as a ban on travellers from South America and Portugal came into force on Friday over concerns about a new variant identified in Brazil.
Boris Johnson said the new rules would be in place until at least 15 February.
The science has been telling Johnson to do this since before March last year.
But he kept ports and airports open throughout the Covid-19 crisis, only restricting travel to and from specific countries and regions.
Now – at long last – he has finally given in to overwhelming evidence and done the right thing.
But will he ever admit he was wrong to delay for so long?
Source: Covid: UK to close all travel corridors from Monday – BBC News
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