The Government could follow in the footsteps of the US and other countries in imposing new coronavirus restrictions on passengers arriving from China.
UK transport and Home Office officials are set to discuss later today whether they should sanction Covid-19 regulations on travellers from China, where they must test negative before entering the country.
The rise in cases across China follows the lifting of its strict "zero-Covid" policies, which kept infection rates low but fuelled public frustration and crushed economic growth.
