Nadhim Zahawi answers urgent question after travel advice urging millions not to travel into or out of Covid hotspots was not publicised
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Tan Dhesi (Lab) says he has heard multiple complaints about the conditions in hotels where people have to self-isolate. People are being denied tap water, he says. The quality of food is poor, with people having to get take-aways. Ventilation is poor, he says. And Dhesi says he has not even mentioned the “shambolic” mixing in airport queues.
Zahawi says he will look into these complaints.
Back in the Commons Mark Harper, chair of the anti-lockdown Covid Recovery Group for Tory MPs, asks about today’s Telegraph story saying “fully vaccinated people face still having to self-isolate for 10 days if they come into contact with someone infected with Covid after June 21”.
Zahawi says, even if you have had two doses of the vaccine, you can still contract Covid. He says he knows that from his own family experience.
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