Testing travellers for Covid-19 was considered less important in July than earlier in the year, according to new data.
The proportion of people who said coronavirus testing was very important (53%) remained consistent with June (52%), but had fallen compared with May 2021 (64%), latest ONS statistics for July reveals.
The results come from a survey into attitudes towards Covid-19 among passengers arriving into the UK.
Most returning UK travellers found following overseas Covid-19 restrictions either “difficult, or very difficult”.
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However, the majority of overseas residents said that they understood UK Covid-19 restrictions either quite well, or very well.
But they were either not at all confident, or not very confident in accessing information about the UK’s Covid restrictions.
The number of UK residents arriving back into Britain who have been vaccinated rose from 6% to 78% between February to July, a trend broadly reflecting the vaccine rollout in the UK over this time period.
Roughly two thirds of all UK (64%) and overseas residents (68%) interviewed felt safe with social distancing during their journey in July.
More than two thirds of both UK and overseas residents arriving in the UK in July said the wearing of face coverings made them feel safe during their journey.