ALL travellers to Britain will need to take a lateral flow or PCR Covid test 48 hours before departure in new travel crackdown starting on Tuesday to fight Omicron variant By Kate Dennett For Mailonline Published: 18:18 GMT, 4 December 2021 | Updated: 18:26 GMT, 4 December 2021 Viewcomments All international arrivals to the UK will again have to take pre-departure tests in a bid to tackle the Omicron variant, the health secretary has confirmed. The new rule will apply to all travellers, regardless of vaccination status, who are visiting the UK or returning home after a holiday. The measures, which Sajid Javid insisted are 'temporary', will come into force from 4am on December 7, according to Sky News. Mr Javid said the increased measures are being brought in due to an 'increasing number of cases linked to travel'. Acknowledging that the measures are 'hugely unfortunate' for those who already have travel plans, he added: 'We want to remove them as soon as we possibly can.' All international arrivals to the UK will again have to take pre-departure tests in a bid to tackle the Omicron variant, the health secretary has confirmed It comes as Nigeria is being added to the UK's travel red list from 4am on Monday, joining several southern African nations. Mr Javid said that Nigeria is 'second only to South Africa for cases linked to Omicron'. Read more: Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility