Only children under 6 are exempted from Covid testing if they want to travel abroad with their parents under updated EU rules today. EU countries can bring in an emergency brake to foreign travel if their Covid-19 situation deteriorates rapidly or where a high prevalence of variants of concern or interest has been reported, it emerged. To discuss these updated Eu rules Pat was joined this morning by Sarah Slattery of Travel Expert. 

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