UK Covid: virus prevalence in England increases from last week – ONS – as it happened
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Here is a recap of the main Covid-related events from the UK:
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This is from Janet Daby, the Labour MP for Lewisham East. Under the traffic light system, red arrivals will be subject to restrictions currently in place for red list countries, which include a 10-day stay in a managed quarantine hotel, as well as pre-departure testing and and two PCR tests.
As of today, Pakistan and Bangladesh have been placed on a "red list" of countries we will not allow travellers from... This will impact hundreds of thousands of UK residents and their families abroad. I add my full support to this letter https://t.co/h24XjC9qhE
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