UK Won’t Require COVID-Positive China Arrivals to Self-Isolate: Minister

A passenger walks past signage displaying the way to a COVID-19 test centre, in Terminal 5 at Heathrow airport in London, on June 3, 2021. Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP via Getty Images

The UK government will not require passengers arriving from China to self-isolate if they test positive for COVID-19 on arrival, a Cabinet minister has said.

From Jan. 5, people flying from mainland China to England will be asked to take a test no more than two days prior to departure.