The risks of travel would be significantly reduced by the high inoculation rate, researchers saySummer holidays should be permitted to more than 130 countries because of the success of Britain’s vaccination programme, ministers have been told. Research submitted to a government task force today said that the risks of travel would be significantly reduced by the high inoculation rate combined with a basic testing programme. SponsoredThe study said that it should even be possible to visit countries with higher coronavirus infection levels than last summer without “increasing the risk of putting pressure on the NHS” when people return. This includes most of Europe, the Caribbean, north Africa and the United States. The conclusions, in a study commissioned by Manchester Airports Group, will add to the pressure on the government to reopen international travel from mid-May, the target date

Source: The North Africa Journal March 30, 2021 23:03 UTC