伦敦-英国政府周一表示，所有剩余的冠状病毒针对旅行者的措施，包括乘客定位器表格和要求未接种疫苗的人在抵达前后进行新冠肺炎检测，将于周五结束，以使度假更容易复活节学校放假。
交通部长格兰特·沙普斯说，这些变化将意味着人们“可以像过去一样旅行”
乘客定位器表格要求人们填写旅行细节，他们在英国的地址和他们的疫苗接种情况。
这一消息受到了英国航空公司的欢迎，如维珍航空公司和英国航空公司，他们表示，他们开始在一些航线上放宽戴口罩的要求。
该公告发布之际，英国四个地区——英格兰、苏格兰、威尔士和北爱尔兰——的冠状病毒感染人数自1月底以来首次上升。周一公布的最新政府数据显示，过去七天里记录的新增病例超过444，000例，比前一周增加了48%。
新冠肺炎患者的住院人数也在上升，尽管仍远低于1月份的峰值水平。科学家说，英格兰的许多新感染病例是奥米克隆变种的一种更易传播的亚变种。
卫生部长萨吉德·贾维德(Sajid Javid)表示，随着国内所有冠状病毒限制措施(包括对任何检测呈阳性的人进行自我隔离的法律要求)于2月24日结束后，人们更加社会化，感染人数的上升是“可以预料的”。
“我们将继续监测和跟踪潜在的新变种，并保留必要时可以快速部署的措施，以确保我们的安全，”贾维德说。
UK to end all COVID-19 travel rules ahead of Easter break
LONDON -- Britain's government said Monday all remainingcoronavirusmeasures for travelers, including passenger locator forms and the requirement that unvaccinated people be tested for COVID-19 before and after their arrivals, will end Friday to make going on holiday easier for theEasterschool vacation.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the changes will mean people “can travel just like in the good old days.”
The passenger locator forms require people to fill in travel details, their address in the U.K. and their vaccination status.
The news was welcomed by U.K. airlines such as Virgin Atlantic and British Airways, which said they are beginning to ease mask wearing requirements on some routes.
The announcement came as coronavirus infections were rising in all four parts of the U.K. — England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland — for the first time since the end of January. The latest government figures released Monday showed that there were more than 444,000 new cases recorded in the past seven days, up 48% from the week before.
The number of hospital patients with COVID-19 is also going up, though it is still well below the peak recorded in January. Scientists say many of the new infections in England were a more transmissible sub-variant of the omicron variant.
Health Secretary Sajid Javid said the rise in infections was “to be expected” as people socialize more after all domestic coronavirus restrictions, including the legal requirement for anyone who tested positive to self isolate, came to an end Feb. 24.
“We will continue monitoring and tracking potential new variants, and keep a reserve of measures which can be rapidly deployed if needed to keep us safe," Javid said.
