The UK transport secretary Grant Shapps will announce on Monday that restrictions will be slashed from 14 days to five if holidaymakers test negative five days after returning to the country. The regulations will be changed to enact the new five-day regime on December 15 or 16, with people freed from quarantine as soon as they get their test results, according to the Telegraph. The "test and release" scheme could allow people to stop quarantining once they receive a negative Covid test result. (Image: PA)"Cutting the quarantine time from 14 days to five has the potential to make a huge difference." Meanwhile, Boris Johnson will pledge major testing testing programmes for all areas forced into the highest level of coronavirus restrictions after the end of England's national lockdown on December 2.

Source: Daily Mirror November 23, 2020 00:11 UTC