Rishi Sunak has ordered mandatory Covid tests for all travellers from China because of fears that Beijing cannot be trusted to reveal the full truth about its surging infections.
The prime minister stepped in amid frustration that the lack of reliable data was hampering efforts to track potential new and dangerous variants.
The Department of Health said that anyone on direct flights from China on or after January 5 will be asked to take a pre-departure Covid-19 test. From January 8 the UK Health Security Agency will sample test Chinese passengers.
Ministers including Mark Harper, the transport secretary, who led opposition to Covid restrictions from the back benches, had questioned the approach because scientists said that there was no evidence it would stop the spread
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