Covid tests to end for arrivals into England: PM

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The UK government is set to drop compulsory coronavirus tests for those arriving in England, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said, according to AFP.

“To show that this country is open for business, open for travellers, you will see changes so that people arriving no longer have to take tests if they've been vaccinated,” he told reporters on a hospital visit. He noted that this will apply only to arrivals who have been “double vaccinated”.

The government currently requires British and other citizens arriving into England from most countries to take a lateral flow test for Covid-19 within two days.

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