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In yesterday’s session we heard damning evidence from witnesses on both new Covid variants and border controls.
Lucy Moreton, ISU officer told the APPG that border staff are spotting around 100 fake Covid certificates every day. https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/metro.co.uk/2021/04/21/100-people-try-to-enter-the-uk-every-day-using-fake-covid-certificates-14445354/amp/
In yesterday’s session we heard damning evidence from witnesses on both new Covid variants and border controls.
Lucy Moreton, ISU officer told the APPG that border staff are spotting around 100 fake Covid certificates every day. https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/metro.co.uk/2021/04/21/100-people-try-to-enter-the-uk-every-day-using-fake-covid-certificates-14445354/amp/
Lucy added that it was “inherently unknowable” how many people were arriving with fake documentation, as border agents take “on trust” that the certificates were correct. https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/fake-covid-certificates-border-officials-b1834541.html%3famp
Witnesses concluded that they would avoid foreign travel this summer.
With Lucy adding that long queues found at airports could be a "breeding ground" for coronavirus. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56813025
With Lucy adding that long queues found at airports could be a "breeding ground" for coronavirus. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56813025
Chair of the APPG @LaylaMoran added that ministers needed to take 'urgent action' to prevent airports becoming the UK's 'Achilles' heel'. https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9490401/amp/Covid-paperwork-digitally-linked-passport-slash-queues.html
'This includes measures to reduce overcrowding in arrival halls, improve social distancing and make sure passengers arriving from red-list countries are kept separate.’ @LaylaMoran https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/covid-news-coronavirus-vaccine-uk-lockdown-cases-india-variant/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_em
. @LaylaMoran has called on the government to “act now to stop our airports becoming breeding grounds for the virus” adding that the government should be “actively discouraging foreign travel”. https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/19245864.100-fake-covid-certificates-used-people-enter-country-every-day/
