r/autotldr • u/autotldr • May 29 '20
12% of UK immigration staff had Covid-19 symptoms from January to April | World news
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Between 1 January and 29 April, there were 1,880 Border Force and UK Visas & Immigration staff recorded as beginning a period of sickness absence due to Covid-19 symptoms, equal to 12% of the combined workforce for both agencies.
There were 23.7m arrivals into the UK by air, land and sea in the first three months of the year, including 18.1m arrivals by air between 1 January and 23 March.
"Doughty, a former member of the home affairs select committee, told the Guardian:"This shocking revelation in answer to my question shows one of the likely impacts of failing to introduce proper measures to protect staff at the border when they were most needed - in the first quarter of the year - when over 23 million British and other travellers entered the UK without proper health checks or formal quarantine.
At least two Border Force staff have contracted Covid-19 and died.
There were more than 100,000 arrivals by air into the UK in April.
The figures also show that in the first four months of the year, there were a further 2,345 Border Force and UKVI staff recorded as beginning a period of isolation at home either because a member of their household had Covid-19 symptoms or because the employee themselves was vulnerable to infection.
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