England’s COVID-19 Travel Curbs Were Imposed Without Overall Assessment: Report

Passengers arrive back in the UK at Heathrow Terminal 2, during England's third national lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, on Jan. 29, 2021. Yui Mok/PA

The UK government did not conduct any overall assessment of the impact of its COVID-19 travel restrictions during the CCP virus pandemic, a new report has said.

All travel restrictions were dropped on March 18, weeks after the UK government scrapped all domestic legal restrictions in late February.