Thread by @AppgCoronavirus, **THREAD** In yesterday’s session we heard damning evidence from witnesses on both [...]

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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/

100 people try to enter the UK every day using fake Covid certificates

Border staff warn these documents are 'very easy' to forge.

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

Border officials catch 100 fake Covid certificates a day, MPs told

‘These things are very easy to knock up electronically’, said Lucy Moreton, ISU

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

Covid-19: India red list add 'may be too late', Prof Mark Walport says

There are "good reasons" for keeping the new variant out of the UK, scientist Prof Mark Walport says.

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

Covid paperwork 'will be digitally linked to passport to slash queues'

Border Force is said to be working on plans which would see passport e-gates able to automatically check if someone has the correct documents for entry into the UK.

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

Coronavirus latest news: Border officials detect at least 100 fake Covid certificates every day

At least 100 people are attempting to enter the country every day using a "fake Covid certificate", immigration officials have warned, as documents showing travellers have had a negative test are...

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/

More than 100 fake Covid certificates being used by people to enter the country every day

Around 100 people every day are trying to enter the country with “fake Covid certificates”.

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/19245864.100-fake-covid-certificates-used-people-enter-country-every-day/

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