Covid: Travel firms hope for boost after UK red list cut

BBC News says travel firms have welcomed the latest relaxation of quarantine rules, as 47 countries are taken off the “red list”.

But industry body Abta said it wants to see the government implement plans to replace expensive PCR Covid tests in time for the half-term break.

Airline Jet2 said there was a “genuine reopening” of international travel, with bookings trebling in some cases.

But the Welsh government warned the measures “considerably increase” the risk of importing new variants.

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