He said: “We don’t have the clinical evidence. The CEO of Airlines UK, Tim Alderslade, called the decision “premature”. The UK and devolved governments should have done the right thing and, alongside the restrictions, announced support for our businesses and our staff to get through another period of shutdown.” “Travel and aviation are the only sectors hit with any operating restrictions in response to the Omicron variant. “Most of the limited remaining demand following the reintroduction of self-isolation will now fall away, just as airports were hoping for a small uplift over the Christmas holiday,” she said. Karen Dee told PA Media that the policy will act as a “major deterrent” to travel. The introduction of pre-departure tests for travellers entering the UK has been called a “devastating blow” for the travel industry by the chief executive of the Airport Operators Association. Javid said on Twitter that, in light of the most recent data, the government was “taking further action to slow the incursion” of the variant and stressed that vaccines remained the “first line of defence”, urging the public to have their boosters when offered. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said that the total number of confirmed Omicron cases had risen to 160 on Saturday, up 26 from the previous day. Nigeria will be added to England, Scotland and Wales’s travel red lists, joining several other southern African countries. The Department of Health and Social Care confirmed it intended the rules to apply to all the devolved nations. The Scottish and Welsh governments also confirmed that people arriving in Scotland and Wales from abroad will need to take a pre-departure Covid test.
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