Hugs and tears at Heathrow Airport as families and friends reunite after rules are relaxed for the fully jabbed 🤗🥰
Others to welcome the change included nurse Elaine Burt, 55, who met her sister and nephews at Glasgow Airport after they arrived from Boston in the US - their first meeting in 20 months.
Naomi Hooper, who lives in San Diego, said she booked a flight back to the UK as soon as the rules changed so she could see her parents for the first time since December 2019. He told Radio 4's Today programme: "We need to get rid of the requirement for everyone to have a PCR test and replace it with a simpler, cheaper lateral flow test as a first line of defence."
People coming to the UK from red list countries are required to isolate for 10 days in a government-approved hotel regardless of their vaccine status.which features more than half the countries on the green list and signals they are at risk of moving to amber.
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