Grant Shapps has promised there will be no more knee-jerk reactions in response to new variants of Covid-19 except in "extreme circumstances" stressing the government’s future responses would be proportionate to the perceived threat.
The transport secretary made the promise on Monday afternoon (21 February) in a string of tweets expanding on prime minister Boris Johnson’s so-called "living with Covid-19" plan.
Johnson confirmed the UK’s passenger locator form would be reviewed by Easter, and that the NHS Covid Pass will remain available to international travellers in the event they need to prove their Covid status.
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