The Netherlands and Malta are set to be removed from England’s travel corridor list but ministers are still mulling over a decision on France, the Guardian has learned. France recorded 2,669 Covid-19 cases on Thursday, a post-lockdown record high, up from 2,524 on Wednesday. Meanwhile, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, France’s 14-day cumulative number of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 people reached 32.1 as of Thursday, compared with the UK’s 18.5. The Netherlands has a rate of 40.2 per 100,000 over 14 days, and Malta has a rate of 74.8 per 100,000. I don’t think anyone’s critical of that if there’s a high caseload remerging, which there clearly is from the figures,” he said.

Source: The Guardian August 13, 2020 14:10 UTC