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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Katie Weston & Sophie Huskisson

UK introduces strict new Covid travel rules amid surging cases in China

Anyone travelling to England from China will be required to show a negative Covid test as cases soar in the country, the Department of Health has confirmed.

Reports that China could be experiencing up to a million new cases a day has sparked global fears about the potential for new variants to emerge.

The UK Government said that airlines will be required to check that passengers from China have a negative test before departure, with travellers required to show evidence of a negative test from January 5.

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