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Tens of 1000’s of Britons stranded overseas by the coronavirus pandemic can be flown residence underneath a brand new association between the federal government and airways.
British Airways, Virgin, EasyJet, Jet2 and Titan are amongst airways which have agreed to fly Britons again to the UK.
The federal government has additionally pledged £75m to constitution particular flights to deliver residence UK nationals from international locations the place business flights are unavailable.
The quantity of people that have died with the virus within the UK has reached 1,408.
Talking on the authorities’s day by day coronavirus briefing, Overseas Secretary Dominic Raab stated an “unprecedented” variety of UK travellers had been making an attempt to get residence.
“We’re speaking about a whole lot of 1000’s of individuals travelling all over the world,” he stated.
Mr Raab added: “A whole bunch of 1000’s have already finished so, however many travellers have not but managed to get again residence – from younger backpackers to retired {couples} on cruises.”