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LONDON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Britain is looking at greater
testing of all people who have arrived from abroad while they
are self-isolating to defend against new variants of the virus
that causes COVID-19, a minister said on Tuesday.
Airlines have been brought to their knees by the pandemic,
with travel restrictions forcing once fast-growing brands like
Norwegian to fight for survival while established
names like British Airways have raised cash and laid
off thousands of staff.
ITV reported that all international arrivals would have to
be tested for COVID-19 on the second and eighth days of their
self-isolation.
"We are constantly looking at refining our approach to the
border simply because there is a risk from new variants coming
from other countries around the world," Environment Secretary
George Eustice told Times Radio.
"Until we have fully rolled out the vaccine and identified a
way to be able to update the vaccine to meet new challenges we
do have to exercise some caution about international travel," he
said.
(Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge and Kate Holton, Editing by
Paul Sandle)