By JULIAN SHEA in London |
China Daily Global |
Updated: 2021-07-30 09:21
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Britain's Transport Secretary Grant Shapps speaks during a virtual news conference, after a COBRA meeting that was called in response to increased travel restrictions amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, at 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain, Dec 21, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]
Washington not expected to change its closed-door rule until September
Britain's announcement on Wednesday that it is to end quarantine requirements for vaccinated travelers from the United States came despite ongoing warnings from Washington against travel to the United Kingdom, and also a ban on arrivals in the United States from the UK, but was made in the hope of a reciprocal gesture from Washington.