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Transport secretary Grant Shapps will chair the reconstituted travel taskforce, announced on Monday, which will make recommendations on when and how international travel can restart
New taskforce to chart overseas travel restart
Report due by April 12 could facilitate restart by May 17. Ian Taylor reports For now, the document notes:
The government’s Covid-19 ‘roadmap’ for England published on Monday promised a review to examine a restart “so people can plan for the summer”. A successor to last year’s Global
Travel Taskforce will report by April 12 with recommendations “aimed at a return to international travel as soon as possible while managing the risk from imported cases and ‘variants of concern’”. The government will then decide
on a restart date “no earlier than May 17”.
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“The government will continue to protect against the risk posed by imported variants. “In England, travel abroad for
holidays will still not be permitted and from March 8 outbound travellers will be legally obliged to provide their reason for travel.” However, it promises: “Once
more is known about the evidence of vaccines on transmission and their efficacy against new variants, the government can look to introduce a system to allow vaccinated individuals
to travel more freely internationally.” It states: “The UK is working
with other countries to lead global efforts to adopt a clear international framework [for travel].” The document holds out the
promise of a system of vaccination certification for travel, but warns this remains unlikely in the short term and restrictions “are likely to continue”. It notes: “Any system will take time to implement [and] be
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