The British government strengthened travel restrictions on Saturday in response to fears about the spread of the Omicron strain, stating that all UK bound passengers will be required to take a COVID-19 test before boarding their flight.
The new laws will go into effect at 04:00 am on Tuesday, Health Secretary Sajid Javid stated.
‘In the light of the most current findings, we are taking additional effort to slow the entry of the omicron variant,’ he added in a tweet
Javid also added Nigeria to the U.K.’s ‘red list’ of prohibited destinations, which means that unless you are a resident of Britain or Ireland, entry to the United Kingdom will be denied. He stated that there were a ‘significant number’ of omicron cases linked to Nigerian travel, with 27 cases identified in England.
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