Border Force officials continue to check each passenger arriving in UK
by Dan Sales, David Churchill and Mark Duell
DailyMail
Heathrow passengers were subjected to an hour-long queue at passport control today as extra Covid checks stretched staff – as it emerged some travellers were willingly accepting non-compliance fines to avoid giving their details over.
Screams of ‘get more staff’ rang out as crowds mounted to get through the secure area.
Travellers flying into Britain are having their Covid paperwork checked by both airlines and Border Force officials in an effort to finally halt new strains of the virus.
They are expected to show proof of a negative test or risk being stopped or fined £500.
Occupational therapist Libby Pannett returned to the UK after her mother’s funeral in New Zealand today – where there were no cases of coronavirus.