TRAVEL quarantine is set to get slashed in half at the end of the English lockdown, the Transport Secretary has announced.
Grant Shapps told airport operators that a new “test and release scheme” will start once the latest lockdown is over to cut self isolation from non-safe nations from 14 days to around seven.
He revealed the Travel Taskforce had been “making very good progress” while speaking to the Airport Operators Association.
The new scheme will see passengers paying for a test after they arrive in the UK, taken days after arrival, and if negative removes the need for quarantine.
He said: “I want you to know that we are making very good progress on a test to release programme to launch, once we’re out of this lockdown.
“This will consist of a single test for arrivals into the UK provided by the private sector, and at the cost to the passenger, allowing us a much reduced period of self isolation.”
He also revealed lateral flow tests being trialed in the mass testing pilot in Liverpool, could pave the way for non-quarantine travel.
He added: “This is a highly accurate swab test that gives results in less than an hour, and doesn’t need to go to the lab.
“Ultimately, it could open the way for non quarantine travel as well.”
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