Ministers are to review whether travellers from China should face Covid restrictions amid growing concern at the risk from passengers bringing in the virus.

Ben Wallace, the Defence Secretary, said: "the Government has said it is now going to keep that under review and review whether different countries with Covid outbreaks etc should face different restrictions."

It marked a shift from the Government’s position just hours earlier when a spokesman said it had “no plans” to impose restrictions, despite countries including the US, Italy, Japan, India and Taiwan introducing pre or post-arrival tests on passengers from China.

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