Matt Hancock has said he wouldn't 'rule out' summer holidays abroad.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office advises British nationals against all but essential international travel.
But by July, there is a potential for holidays to destinations like Spain, Greece and Portugal to go-ahead.
In light of EasyJet announcing this morning that it will be reducing its workforce by 30%, Mr Hancock was asked by Ruth Langsford on This Morning if the government will now be re-thinking it’s plans on quarantine.
He said: “We have been looking very carefully at this… My heart goes out to those working in airlines for whom this has just been an absolutely enormous impact.
“I am a little more optimistic than I was about being able to get some foreign travel back up.
"So that is one of the things that has gone a bit better than expected.
"We’ll keep that under review, that’s the next thing I’m going to do, we’ll try to do everything we can to allow the relaxation of freedoms, but we’ll only do that when it is safe to do so."
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Pushed on if it’s out of the question for people to hope to have a July foreign holiday this year, Mr Hancock said: “I absolutely wouldn’t rule it out.
"We’ve got to proceed cautiously, I definitely wouldn’t say no and I know how important it is for so many people."
