Quarantine-free travel between the UK and some countries could launch as soon as this month, it has been claimed. Millions of Brits' summer holiday plans now have a faint glimmer of hope as the government considers "air bridges" with specific countries.
Air bridges would allow 14-day quarantine - to be published today and imposed on new arrivals to the UK from next Monday - to be suspended when travelling to and from named nations.
Each country would need to have low infection rates and both would need to reach an agreement. This is a major hurdle - as the UK still has more than 1,000 new Covid-19 cases per day and many more that don't get spotted in testing.