The Government has reportedly pushed back on claims from Ben Wallace that ministers are reconsidering rules for flights arriving in the UK from China.
The Defence Secretary had claimed the travel rules from China to the UK are “under review”.
But a source within the Department for Transport has questioned these claims.
Speaking to LBC’s Henry Riley, they said there were no such reviews ongoing in the department.
Writing on Twitter, Mr Riley said the source told him the only ongoing reviews were outside the DfT.
He said the only review is the “ongoing monitoring from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)”.
The source added that the Defence Secretary was “wrong” to insist there was a coming announcement or statement from the transport ministry.
Officials have not communicated any significant “cause for concern” for arrivals to the UK at present, with Government policy guided by expert input.
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