The government is said to be preparing to lift all Covid restrictions, which will allow fully jabbed travellers to go on February half-term holidays without taking tests.
According to the Sunday Times, Grant Shapps is in favor of ending the testing regime for double-jabbed in time for next month's break.
The move will save families hundreds of pounds in testing costs and be a boost for the trade, with Kuoni chief executive Derek Jones saying on his website.
Boris Johnson is expected to lift plan B restrictions on January 26 in order to combat the Omicron variant.
Two days after returning to the UK, vaccinated travellers have to take a test. If you test positive, you must be isolated for ten days, but can be cut short with a negative flow test on days five and six.
Those who aren't fully vaccine free must be isolated for ten days.
A source close to Shapps told the newspaper that they are looking at removing all Covid tests for travellers by the end of January, which is likely to coincide with the review of the plan B measures on January 26.
The decision to stop pre-departure tests was made this month.
The former Labour Party deputy leader, Tom Watson, was recently appointed chair of the Laboratory and Testing Industry Organisation, the standards body for Covid testing companies.
Maintaining a robust Covid testing regime is the only way to avoid hard lockdowns.
We believe removing testing completely for international travel would weaken the defences.
The UK has an early warning system for new Covid variants. The labs that conduct the tests sequence the material to find new variations early.
It's important to limit the circulation of new variants into the UK, while providing reassurance to travellers who are concerned about catching Covid.
The low-costal flow tests ensure we are able to detect new variant. Testing is the antidote to being locked up.
The third jab will be added to the definition of fully-vaccinated by the spring, leaving those who don't want to travel reliant on tests.
Travel industry leaders want a proper plan for dealing with future variants and not a repeat of the panic that followed Omicron.
The prime minister is expected to announce this week that Covid passports and work from home guidance will be removed from January 26.
Changes to self-isolation rules for arrivals who test positive for Covid will be in line with the policy for domestic self-isolation.
If you test positive for Covid-19 in your day 2 test, you can stop self-isolating on day 6 of your self-isolation period if you take rapid flow tests.
The test results are negative.
You did both tests in a row.
You don't have a high temperature.
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