Summer holidays abroad unlikely, Britain's health minister says

Britain's Secretary of State of Health Matt Hancock leaves Downing Street in London, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease [Photo: Reuters]

British people are unlikely to be able to go on international holidays this summer because of the coronavirus pandemic, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Tuesday.

Asked on ITV’s This Morning show if people should accept that the normal summer holiday season for travelling abroad was cancelled, he replied: “I think that’s likely to be the case.”