Travellers to the UK aged 12 and over will have to have a Covid test before departure, the government says.
The Department of Health and Social Care later said 21 Omicron cases linked to Nigerian travel had been discovered in recent days.
A further 26 Omicron cases - of which 25 were recorded in England and one in Scotland - were confirmed in the UK on Saturday. In a tweet he said: "Finally the health secretary accepts Labour's call for pre-departure tests, but why up to 48 hours before flight?"While Labour has pushed for pre-departure testing to avoid Omicron spreading, travel businesses will see it as a significant setback - just when green shoots of recovery were emerging.
Earlier this week, Downing Street said any further testing requirement would have a detrimental effect on the travel industry and those planning to go travelling. Airlines UK said the change was a "premature" move that would "hit industry and passengers before we see the full data" on the effect of the Omicron variant.
Travel association Abta said the re-introduction of pre-departure tests would be "a huge blow" to "an already devastated travel industry".
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