Boris Johnson said there was a “real opportunity to open up travel” this summer for those who have two doses of the coronavirus jab.
Asked about Angela Merkel saying the Delta variant meant there should be more restrictions on British travellers going abroad, the Prime Minister said: “I think that the real opportunity we all have now is to open up travel through the double jab.
“If you look at it we’ve got more than 60% of our population have now had two jabs, I think 83% have had one jab, we’re really getting through it now.
“The crucial thing is come forward and get your second jab.”
On a visit to New Normandy Barracks in Aldershot, he said: “I’m not going to claim that this summer, for travel purposes, is going to be like any other summer. I don’t want to cast a pall over things but, as I said the other day, it will be different.”
The Government is expected to make an announcement on summer holidays today, Thursday, which could see more destinations allowed.Asked whether he would be taking a holiday abroad this summer, Boris Johnson said: “My plans at this stage are at the unformed stage, I’m afraid.”
He added: “I’m certainly not ruling it in or ruling it out.”
