Article 5HMC8 Traffic light travel plan will let new Covid variants into UK, scientists warn

Traffic light travel plan will let new Covid variants into UK, scientists warn

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Michael Savage Robin McKie and James Tapper
from Economics | The Guardian on (#5HMC8)

Key advisers are among those who say scheme is flawed as holiday firms report huge rise in bookings

It is inevitable that new Covid variants will continue to enter the country, scientists warned this weekend, claiming there are obvious flaws" in the government's system for reopening international travel to and from England.

On Friday ministers decreed that some international travel could resume from 17 May, with travellers from England allowed to return from green list" destinations without needing to quarantine. Portugal and Israel are on the list, along with South Georgia, the Faroe Islands and the Falklands.

Related: England's traffic-light system for foreign travel: all you need to know

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