UK expected to require travellers from China to provide negative pre-departure COVID test

BREAKING: The government is expected to announce the requirements for a pre-departure COVID test for people flying from China to the UK. Sky's wizbates has the latest Read more here 👉 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube

The move will align the UK with a number of other countries, such as the US, who announced a similar rule in recent days.

Sources say the move is precautionary and temporary, and due to a lack of confidence in China's vaccine and data. There has been a surge in infections in China after it rowed back some of its notoriously tough coronavirus rules, such as regular PCR testing. Officials estimated 250 million people are likely to have contracted the virus in the first 20 days of December, according to leaked notes.However, the true number may be significantly higher as asymptomatic cases are no longer recorded.

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