Ministers today refused to rule out re-imposing tough travel restrictions on Europe amid fears over surging cases.
Tory chair Oliver Dowden insisted vaccinations are the UK’s main line of defence against the disease rather than border controls.
But he admitted that the situation is being kept ‘under review’ with alarm over a spike in cases on the continent.
The comments came after Austria imposed a draconian new lockdown on the unvaccinated, after a dramatic increase in infections.
Germany, France and Italy have also been seeing a significant uptick in their outbreaks.
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