10 Jun 2021

UK correspondent Matt Dathan

From Nine To Noon, 9:50 am on 10 June 2021

UK correspondent Matt Dathan joins Kathryn to talk about the growing pessimism that the government will lift the remaining Covid restrictions on June 21, despite a successful vaccine rollout.

Overseas holidays look doomed for another summer, with the removal of the only main "green" destination on the quarantine-free travel list - Portugal - removed.

And another Brexit impasse has cropped up, this time chilled food being imported into Northern Ireland which has been dubbed the "sausage war".

People enjoy the sun at the beach in Cascais, Portugal on May 19, 2021. British vacationers began arriving in large numbers in Portugal on Monday, after governments in the two countries eased their COVID-19 pandemic travel restrictions.

Social distancing at Cascais, Portugal, got easier, after the UK announced its removal from its "green" list of quarantine-free countries. Photo: Pedro Fiuza/NurPhoto/AFP

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