Britons might not be able to enjoy a holiday either in the UK or abroad this summer, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has admitted.
The government will next week introduce fresh border measures – including new testing requirements and hotel quarantine stays for some – in a bid to reduce the risk of new COVID variants spreading in the UK.
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Mr Shapps told Sky News that border measures were now targeted against coronavirus variants, rather than a means of restricting travel to areas with higher infection rates as under the now-scrapped “travel corridors” system.
“It’s not about the prevalence of the virus elsewhere now, it’s about the…