Angela Merkel and PM to discuss Covid travel curbs during final UK visit
by Nadeem Badshah from World news | The Guardian on (#5KSAB)
Prime minister will welcome German leader at Chequers in her last visit as chancellor
Boris Johnson is to welcome Angela Merkel to Chequers on Friday, with coronavirus travel restrictions anticipated to be high on the agenda for their meeting.
The German chancellor, who is making her final visit to the UK before stepping down, has called for quarantine for all UK travellers entering the EU, regardless of whether they have been vaccinated, due to concerns over the Delta variant.
Germany has already designated the UK a virus variant region", meaning anyone travelling from the UK has to quarantine for two weeks on arrival - excluding those in transit.
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