Pricey tests for double-jabbed holidaymakers to be axed at last

RIP-OFF PCR tests for returning doublejabbed travellers are to be scrapped ‘as soon as possible’.

Health Secretary Sajid Javid said it would be wrong to keep the requirement for a ‘second longer than is absolutely necessary’. The move will slash the cost of a family holiday by hundreds of pounds. PCR tests can cost more than £100 each.

The decision could be made by the end of the week, although it is not expected to be part of Boris Johnson’s announcement tomorrow about his winter Covid plan.

Mr Javid told Sky News yesterday: ‘We still want to remain very cautious. When it comes to travel, there are some rules that are going to have to remain in place.

‘But the PCR test required on your return from certain countries, I want to try and get rid of that as soon as I possibly can.

‘I’ve asked officials that the moment we can, let’s get rid of these intrusions. We shouldn’t be keeping anything like that for a second longer than absolutely necessary.’ Mr Javid also told the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show the Government should not be introducing virus measures ‘for the sake of it’.