International travellers to England will require negative Covid-19 test

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The UK government has announced that all international passengers arriving in England will need to show a negative coronavirus test, taken up to 72 hours prior to departure, before travel. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are expected to follow shortly with similar measures.

Naman Ramachandran Some ten months after the coronavirus pandemic began devastating England, with 78,000 dead so far, the country now requires all international arrivals, including U.K. nationals, to present a negative COVID-19 test taken up to 72 hours prior to departure.The devolved administrations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are expected to follow suit.U.K.

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Airline passengers heading to the U.S. from the UK must test negative for COVID-19 before departure, the Centers for Disease Control said late Thursday. This comes following the discovery of a new variant of the coronavirus that may be up to 70% more transmissible and is spreading in Britain and elsewhere.