The new restrictions could include Covid testing of people arriving in the UK from China. (file)
The Telegraph reported that the UK will consider introducing COVID-19 restrictions on arrivals from China on Thursday, including requiring testing for the coronavirus.
Officials from the Department for Transport, the Home Office and the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) are expected to decide today whether the UK should join the United States and Italy in imposing Covid restrictions on travelers from China, the report said. should be followed.
The report said the prime minister’s spokesman said earlier on Wednesday that the ban was “not something we are looking at”.
The DHSC did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on the report.
The United States on Wednesday imposed mandatory COVID-19 tests on travelers from China, while Italy ordered COVID-19 antigen swabs and virus sequencing for all travelers arriving from China.
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