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New Travel Ban Reuters Another day, another press conference. This time the Prime Minister announced the closure of all travel corridors in order to shut out new Covid strains. The BBC has the details. The UK is to close all travel corridors from Monday morning to "protect against the risk of as yet unidentified new strains" of Covid, the PM has said.Anyone flying into the country from overseas will have to show proof of a negative Covid test before setting off.It comes as a ban on travellers from South America and Portugal came into force on Friday over concerns about a new variant identified in Brazil.Boris Johnson said the new rules would be in place until at least February 15th.A further 1,280 people with coronavirus have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive test, taking the total to 87,291.Speaking at a Downing Street press conference, the Prime Minister said it was "vital" to take extra measures now "when day by day we are making such strides in protecting the population"."It's precisely because we have the hope of that vaccine and the risk of new strains coming from overseas that we must take additional steps now to stop those strains from entering the country."All travel corridors will close from 04:00 GMT on Monday. After that, arrivals to the UK will need ...
