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MPs urge govt to limit testing cost and burden to travellers

Government
James Chapple
8 April 2021

Two senior Conservative MPs have urged Boris Johnson and the government to limit the cost and burden to travellers of any mandatory testing requirement when international travel restarts.

Antigen Covid Testing for travellers returning to England looks set to end in time for half-term (Credit: Medakit)

Under a new traffic light system, overseas leisure travel is likely to resume this summer, but it is expected that testing will play a role in facilitating travel to and from all destinations – whether they are designated green, amber or red.


Earlier this week, after easyJet chief Johan Lundgren warned the cost of testing could price people out of overseas leisure travel, Boris Johnson said the government would aim to make testing "as flexible and affordable as possible".