then isolate for no reason for not having covid. that s the thinking behind that. in terms of the travel testing, these things were reintroduced in an attempt to slow down the arrival of the omicron variant into the uk from abroad. once it is very prevalent in the uk and equally prevalent abroad, you don t need that any more. there is some economic rationale as well, because the travel companies, the ski companies and the airports and airlines were saying it was adding so much money to people s holidays the people were not working. and people were so worried that their predeparture people were so worried that their predepa rtu re test two people were so worried that their predeparture test two days before they came home, if that was positive, you got stranded abroad for a week or ten days whatever it was, adding even more costs and uncertainty to your trip. so those are the big bits of thinking and these two quite big changes. there have been lots of changes to the testing regime over
thatis on. do you have any sense of whether that is just people who are asymptomatic, or that the anybody? i don t know, it s one of those things where we are slightly guessing. we know that this is the direction of travel and the government is going to that. talking about travel, it looks like they will get rid of the predeparture looks like they will get rid of the predepa rtu re test looks like they will get rid of the predeparture test as well, the one that you have to do within two days of getting on your flight or train back to the uk. that was reintroduced to deal with 0micron, it will be taken away in the next few days. it will be taken away in the next few da s. ., ~ it will be taken away in the next few da s. ., ,, it will be taken away in the next few da s. ., ~ , it will be taken away in the next fewda s. ., ,, , . it will be taken away in the next fewda s. ., ~ , . ., few days. thank you very much for now, few days. thank you very much for now. adam. few days. thank you
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