hancellor Rishi Sunak said Sajid Javid was aware of the “frustrations” with the NHS app as travellers wait for the quarantine update.
Ministers have been warned millions of people could be “pinged” by the Track and Trace app as infections are expected to climb to 100,000 cases a day in the summer.
Mr Sunak said: “I’ve spoken to the Health Secretary about this and he’s aware of the frustration that people have around this.”
It comes as Transport Secretary Grant Shapps is, on Thursday afternoon, expected to announced that people who have had both doses of the Covid vaccine will be able to enjoy quarantine-free travel to amber list countries.
Ministers are expected to sign off on the final measures – including the exact timing – at a meeting of the Cabinet’s Covid-O committee ahead of Mr Shapps’ statement in the Commons.
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More must be done to ensure that dangerous new Covid mutations do not slip through the cracks, says vice-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Coronavirus
Responding to the latest travel announcement, Caroline Lucas, vice-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Coronavirus, said: “The Government is in danger of repeating the same mistakes that allowed the Delta variant to take root in the UK.
“Urgent measures are needed to reduce queues at airports before international travel is opened up further, including upgrading e-gates and digitising test results.
“We must also ensure test results of inbound travellers are checked for new variants, so that dangerous new Covid mutations do not slip through the cracks.
“Dropping quarantine without these additional protections in place risks leaving the country dangerously exposed to new variants that could undo our hard-won progress against the virus.”
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