UK Covid: virus prevalence in England increases from last week – ONS – as it happened
One in 340 people not in care homes, hospitals or other institutional settings test positive in week ending 3 April in England. This live blog is now closed – please follow the global coronavirus live blog for updates
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This is from Janet Daby, the Labour MP for Lewisham East. Under the traffic light system, red arrivals will be subject to restrictions currently in place for red list countries, which include a 10-day stay in a managed quarantine hotel, as well as pre-departure testing and and two PCR tests.
As of today, Pakistan and Bangladesh have been placed on a “red list” of countries we will not allow travellers from… This will impact hundreds of thousands of UK residents and their families abroad. I add my full support to this letter t.co/h24XjC9qhE
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