The UK will consider imposing COVID-19 restrictions on arrivals from China on Thursday, including requiring testing for the coronavirus, the Telegraph reported.
Officials from the Department for Transport, Home Office and the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) are expected to decide today whether the UK should follow the United States and Italy in imposing Covid restrictions on travelers from China, the report said. .
The Prime Minister’s spokesman had said earlier on Wednesday that the restrictions “are not something we are looking at,” the report added.
DHSC did not immediately respond to a request from Reuters for comment on the report.
The United States on Wednesday imposed mandatory COVID-19 testing on travelers from China, while Italy ordered COVID-19 antigen swabs and virus sequencing for all travelers coming from China.
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