Blanket quarantine restrictions will reportedly end in time for Christmas so families can travel to high-risk "red list" countries to visit relatives.
The UK transport secretary Grant Shapps will announce on Monday that restrictions will be slashed from 14 days to five if holidaymakers test negative five days after returning to the country.
The regulations will be changed to enact the new five-day regime on December 15 or 16, with people freed from quarantine as soon as they get their test results, according to the Telegraph.
The "test and release" scheme could allow people to stop quarantining once they receive a negative Covid test result. It is understood fast tests which give results within one hour will be used.
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