Some 15,000 travellers a day are still arriving on flights into the UK and not being tested for coronavirus. People on flights from other virus-hit countries like Italy, the US and China are being admitted without any kind of health checks, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said yesterday.
He revealed that the equivalent of 105,000 people a week are flying in from all over the world. The British government has not imposed any health checks or compulsory quarantine periods in for people arriving into UK airports.
People in the UK have been urged not to travel unless its essential, but the airports have not been closed down. But Mr Hancock insisted that the flow of people coming to Britain will not make a significant difference, since the virus