Passengers arriving to the UK from China will need a negative Covid test before they travel following surging cases of the virus in the country.
The Government is set to make the announcement later.
The move comes after Israel and Spain joined a growing number of countries to announce they would impose Covid tests for travellers from China.
The UK Government was resisting calls to introduce testing but is now making new arrangements.
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Plans to reintroduce testing comes amid fears that Beijing has under-reported its cases and withheld virus samples, reducing the likelihood of any new variant being spotted.
China has reportedly shared fewer than 1,000 Covid virus samples with the international scientific community over the past month, despite a rapid rise in cases after it eased lockdown measures.
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