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Travel rules have relaxed for UK arrivals from 11 February (Photo: Getty Images)

Major changes to Covid travel rules from today as testing is scrapped

The new Covid-19 test centre, in West View Road, on Hartlepool's Central Estate.

New Covid-19 testing centre opens in Hartlepool

The Transport Secretary is expected to scrap the arrival tests later this month (Photo: Getty Images)

Covid arrival tests ‘to be axed’ for fully vaccinated returning to UK

The new measures applies in England from 11 January (Photo: Getty Images)

Crucial Covid rule change affecting use of PCR tests takes effect today

Tees Valley Mayor Mayor Ben Houchen.

Mayor says Teesside International Airport is ready for take off

We take a look at the steps you follow to book a PCR test via the Government website. Picture: Getty Images.

Covid testing in Hartlepool: How to book a PCR test

Covid testing rules for people without symptoms are being relaxed (Photo: Getty Images)

Confirmatory PCR testing scrapped for people with no Covid symptoms

We take a look at the hcurrent travel restrictions in England as we enter 2022.

Covid travel and quarantine rules for England

The self-isolation period starts immediately from the onset of symptoms or a positive test (Photo: Shutterstock)

The rules on leaving self-isolation if you still test positive after 10 days

If the lateral flow test comes back negative, isolation can end after seven days (Photo: Shutterstock)

Covid self isolation in England cut to 7 days on condition of negative test

As the Omicron variant of Covid continues to spread across the UK, you may be wondering if the symptoms differ from other strains of the virus (Photo: Shutterstock)

The 'surprising' Omicron variant symptom that can appear when eating

Rules for those who are doubled-jabbed and who have been in contact with a person who tests positive for Covid are set to change. Picture: Getty Images.

Daily rapid testing for double-jabbed Covid contacts

Holiday-starved Brits still plan to flee the UK to spend Christmas abroad with l...

From 7December UK holidaymakers must take a pre-departure Covid test (Photo: Getty Images)

Pre-departure Covid tests to return for UK travellers in rule crackdown

Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a press conference after cases of the new Covid-19 variant were confirmed in the United Kingdom on November 27, 2021 in London, England. UK authorities confirmed today that two cases of the new Omicron Covid-19 variant, which had prompted a flurry of travel bans affecting several countries in Southern Africa, were found in the UK. (Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Tighter rules on face masks and PCR tests for foreign travel announced

Director of Public health Craig Blundred

Hartlepool school staff and pupils urged to take extra Covid-19 measures
Harlepool’s public health chief is asking schools to take extra measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Tom Patterson

Rule change comes into force for travellers to use lateral flow tests instead of...

(Photo by CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP via Getty Images)

43,000 people may have been given wrong negative PCR Covid test results

Bristol Airport

Travel test rules set to change - what you need to know

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has said ministers hope to announce in the next few days the switch from a PCR to a lateral flow test for eligible fully-vaccinated travellers taking their day-two Covid test (Photo: Shutterstock)

PCR Covid tests to be scrapped ‘before half-term’ - which could save families £2...

Holiday bookings are expected to soar after the Government announced a relaxation of international travel rules (Photo: Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Holiday bookings set to soar after government announces relaxation of internatio...

The travel changes are expected to come into force ahead of the October half-term break (Photo: Getty Images)

Overhaul of Covid travel rules expected today with double jabbed set to benefit

David Ferguson.

Ferguson’s absence against Bristol Rovers explained

Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly has the highest Covid-19 case rates in England (Photo: Getty Images)

Tourists urged not to visit Cornwall as Covid rates reach highest in England

NHS staff and key workers receive the coronavirus vaccine (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Self-isolation rules change from today: this is what you need to know

A notification issued by the NHS coronavirus contact tracing app - informing a person of the need to self-isolate immediately, due to having been in close contact with someone who has coronavirus - is displayed on a mobile phone in London, during the easing of lockdown restrictions in England. Picture date: Friday July 16, 2021.

New covid rules coming into play from Monday

Self-isolation changes on Monday for fully-vaccinated people - full list of new ... Carly Roberts

Arrivals returning from Spain must use a PCR test as their mandatory pre-departure test (Photo: Getty Images)

New travel advice issued for Spain as government recommends PCR tests for holida...

New research suggests daily testing in secondary schools can cut Covid-related illnesses by 39 per cent (Photo: Getty Images)

Daily Covid testing ‘just as effective’ in controlling transmission as self isol...

Fully jabbed frontline NHS staff in England will, in “exceptional circumstances”, be permitted to carry on working if they are “pinged” (Getty Images)

Fully jabbed NHS staff could be spared from isolation rules to avoid ‘pingdemic’

The rules around coronavirus self-isolation are set to change from August 16. Image by PA Wire/PA Images.

The new rules for self-isolation and when they will change

Health Secretary Sajid Javid has said he is self-isolating after testing positive for Covid-19.

Health Secretary Sajid Javid self-isolating after he tests positive for Covid-19

Health Secretary Sajid Javid updating MPs on the governments coronavirus plans, in the House of Commons, London.

Covid self-isolation rules to be relaxed on August 16

Malta will not accept NHS app as proof of vaccination for UK travellers (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Malta will not accept NHS app as proof of vaccination for UK travellers

The UK government will review the travel list on 24 June (Photo: Getty Images)

When the foreign travel list will be updated - and the countries that could move...

UK travellers no longer required to take PCR test to go to Portugal (Photo: Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA/AFP via Getty Images)

UK travellers no longer required to take PCR test to go to Portugal

Brits will no longer need a ‘compelling reason’ to enter the country from 9 June (Photo: Getty Images)

France is reopening its borders to fully vaccinated UK tourists from next week

Covid infection figures

Nearly 9,000 have had virus in Hartlepool

The new test allows you to take a swab from the mouth instead of the nose (Photo: Getty Images)

No more horrible nose swabs with new saliva-based Covid test for holidays

An NHS Covid-19 Self-Test Kit, containing a lateral flow test. (Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)

Where you can get seven free 30-minute Covid tests a week to take at home

New COVID test numbers

Nearly 9,000 in Hartlepool have had COVID

The Government have confirmed that 850 Covid tests have been wrongly recorded as positive. Photo: Getty Images.

This is what to do if your Covid test is void

Risk of Covid reinfection is low - but over-65s are most at risk (Photo: Shutterstock)

Risk of Covid reinfection is low - but over-65s are most at risk

Experts say the tests may be producing false positives (Photo: Shutterstock)

False positive Covid tests could be disrupting teaching in schools - how common ...

Researchers found fatigue, headache, sore throat and diarrhoea to be common symptoms of Covid-19 (Photo: Shutterstock)

Extending Covid symptoms list could detect third more cases - the other signs to...

Are rapid Covid tests accurate? This is what studies show as mass testing is rol...

Passengers travelling from Newcastle Airport will be able to get a Covid-19 test before they fly.

Covid testing introduced at Newcastle Airport

Heathrow Airport has launched a pre-departure Covid testing facility - what it m...

Jet2 has cancelled flights to Cyprus until 17 August, due to new coronavirus restrictions put in place by the country (Photo: Shutterstock)

Jet2 cancels flights to Cyprus - here’s what to do if you had a holiday booked

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