With the worst still expected of the dreaded coronavirus, the United Kingdom has made plans to repatriate its citizens from across the world.
Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab announced a £75m plan to help as many as 60,000 British travellers stranded overseas by the increasing number of travel restrictions during the pandemic.
Raab said the UK government will now step in to provide “special charter flights” from parts of the world where commercial flights are no longer in operation. .
Speaking at the government’s daily coronavirus press conference in 10 Downing Street, Mr Raab said: “Under the arrangements that we are putting in place we will target flights from a range of priority countries, starting this week.”
However, Mr Raab said in countries where commercial flights are still in operation, the instruction is still for Britons to buy tickets home “as soon as possible”.
“Where commercial routes remain an option, airlines will be responsible for getting passengers home,’ he said.
“That means offering alternative flights at little to no cost where routes have been cancelled”.
More than 750,000 cases of Covid-19 have been reported worldwide, with some 153,000 of those in the US alone
