COVID test expense threatens recovery

The debate over the high costs of COVID-19 testing requirements for air travellers continued today as airlines heads and airports in the UK warned in a joint statement that the policy to force vaccinated Britons to take a PCR test would present a “huge barrier to travel for most people”. British Airways, Jet2, EasyJet, Heathrow and Manchester Airports Group commented in the statement: “Instead of taking advantage of the success of the vaccine programme the government risks closing the UK off from the rest of the world,” they said. IATA has also warned governments that the high costs for COVID-19