NEWS
Guidance on travel to Covid ‘hotspots’ changed without an announcement
Ministers are being urged to provide clarity after advising against all but essential travel into and out of eight areas where the Covid variant first identified in India is believed to be spreading fastest. According to the guidance, which appears to have been updated on May 21 and is not law, journeys to and from the affected areas should be avoided ‘unless essential’. Exemptions include travel for work, where working from home is not possible, and education. The update did not seem to have been accompanied by an official announcement and it is also understood that local leaders and public health directors were unaware of it – Guardian
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