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'Day 2 PCR tests should be kept for travel', says Welsh FM

Government
Will Payne
22 September 2021

The UK government should not have removed day two PCR tests for returning British travellers, Wales first minister Mark Drakeford has reportedly said.

Drakeford said the advice now was for everyone "to think of their own personal and family circumstances" (Credit: Welsh Government / gov.wales)

"The real answer should have been to have retained the day two PCR tests across the United Kingdom," Drakeford said. "And the failure to do so, I think really is a step away from the duty that the UK government owes to the health of people in this country."

His comments come following the UK government’s decision to overhaul the travel testing and traffic light regime. Wales has not yet decided whether to follow the plans.