"Crowds at Heathrow Airport spark social distancing concerns"

[dutchman]

The airport claims social distancing in an airport environment is "not possible"



Crowds at Heathrow Airport have sparked "super spreader" concerns after pictures emerged of a packed departures hall with limited social distancing.

Former British ambassador Sir Peter Westmacott posted a photo of Terminal 2 on Friday with the caption: "T2 Heathrow Friday afternoon. No ventilation. Long delays. Super spreading."

Pictures and videos of huge queues for passport control have appeared on social media in recent days, despite international travel being largely banned.

Britons are only allowed to go abroad for a small number of "legally permitted reasons" during lockdown, with arrivals requiring a negative coronavirus test from the past 72 hours before they are allowed entry.

E-gates at Heathrow have been closed, leaving border guards to have to check paperwork and passports manually.

A government spokesperson said it is "ultimately up to individual airports to ensure social distancing on site".

But Heathrow has claimed it is in fact Border Force who are responsible for enforcing the rules.

The airport said that a two-metre rule inside airports has never been feasible, adding: "We've been clear since last May really that social distancing in an airport environment isn't really possible."

[rebbonk]

But, but, but... the spreading is all the fault of the pubs!

It really is time for heads to roll from Bozo's circus.

[dutchman]

The idiot telegraphed the latest move in advance so the outcome was entirely predictable just as the mass exodus from London was entirely predictable.