Wales has joined England and Scotland in demanding inbound travelers test negative for the CCP virus before boarding their trains, planes, and boats. “These new measures will help ensure we prevent new strains of the virus developing internationally from being imported into Wales,” Health Minister Vaughan Gething said in a statement on Jan. 15. “We are already asking passengers returning from high-risk countries to self-isolate for 10 days and these requirements remain in place.” The new measures will start from Monday, and require proof of a negative test, taken within three days before departure, for the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, also known as novel coronavirus. The measures do not apply to passengers from the rest of the UK, or from the Republic of Ireland, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands. The government of Wales said it would help protect against new strains of the virus, “such as …
Wales Mandates Pre-Flight COVID-19 Tests for International Arrivals
January 15, 2021
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