Coronavirus: PM and transport secretary defend travel changes

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Coronavirus: Transport secretary defends travel rule changes

The latest widespread changes to Covid travel rules also see fully vaccinated passengers arriving from France no longer needing to quarantine and Spain remaining on the amber list.that "arrivals from Spain and all its islands are advised to use a PCR test as their pre-departure test wherever possible" instead of the cheaper lateral flow tests.

The government has said this better reflects the costs involved, including transport, security and PCR tests.British Airways said its teams had been "working through the night" to arrange additional seats out of Mexico and had added four additional flights to London over the next three days, as well as rearranging another flight to land ahead of the deadline.

"We have only just secured a return flight via Miami tomorrow. We have essentially paid a total of £8,000 for a day trip to Mexico." Asked about the advice on PCR tests for arrivals from Spain, Mr Shapps insisted the government was "not changing the rules", as in Spain's case, "virtually everyone is taking a PCR" to meet the government's performance standards for the pre-departure test.Conservative MP Huw Merriman, chairman of the Commons Transport Select Committee, said PCR tests for travel were an "unnecessary rip-off" and a "barrier to affordable travel".

Many travellers order a lateral flow test in the UK and take it with them to use in Spain. The travel operator Tui told Reality Check that more than 90% of its customers buy a package with their holiday that includes that sort of test.

 

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