U.K. Taking Balanced Covid Approach, Won’t Mull Mandates: Raab

The U.K. government is taking a “balanced approach” on protecting the public from Covid-19 and won’t consider making vaccines mandatory, Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab said in an interview on Sky News.

The government last night announced that Covid tests would now be required for anyone entering the U.K. regardless of vaccine status as it looks to stem the spread of the omicron variant, which has now infected almost 200 people in the U.K. That comes after the government last week began requiring a PCR test within two days of returning to the country.