A new report from Public Health England shows that allowing people to take holidays in Greece last summer significantly increased the number of Covid cases in the UK.
According to Sky News, PHE has just published a new report showing that 21 per cent of new cases of coronavirus in England between June and September last year were down to travel between the UK and Greece.
16 per cent were linked to travel with Croatia and 14 per cent with Spain.
The report suggests people who didn't need to quarantine - such as those holidaying in Greece - were more likely to pass on a Covid infection.
The analysis was conducted by PHE and the Covid-19 Genomics UK Consortium.
Travel corridors were allowed by the UK Government from July 4 last year so people could have foreign holidays in the summer.
Spain and France were on quarantine lists - meaning people had to stay home for 14 days after they got back to the UK. Greece was not on the list.
The study says not only did people contract Covid during their travels, they spread it when they came home.
It found travellers who did not have to quarantine were linked to five times as many infections.
The study used Test and Trace data and found 4,207 people had contracted Covid while travelling.
They went on to have contact with 18,856 people before getting symptoms or a positive test.
