Speaking in the House of Lords, Lord Kamall said: “As someone whose family comes from outside the EU and somebody who’s taught in universities.<\/p>\n
“And recognise the great asset that there is and then the great advantage there is being open to the world and global Britain.<\/p>\n
“I do share the frustration.<\/p>\n
“You know, we yes, we have left the EU, very much a project of white privilege moving to a more global outlook.”<\/p>\n
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He continued: “And it’s really important that now we focus on the world generally. <\/p>\n
“So the issue is quite technical at the moment.<\/p>\n
“One of the things for the test and trace system to work is the fact that you need access to the underlying data and verification.<\/p>\n
“We will look at a number of different options on how we achieve that.”<\/p>\n
Croatia: Russian citizens queue for coronavirus vaccinations<\/h3>\n
Lord Kamall, a former MEP, <\/span>was responding to a question in the Lords on why fully vaccinated international students did not have to self-isolate on arrival in the UK, but had to do so if a close contact developed coronavirus.<\/p>\n The Tory peer told the upper chamber: “Our current system for validating the vaccination status of close contacts relies on checking against records in the NHS national immunisation management system.<\/span><\/p>\n “We do not have access to equivalent records for those vaccinated overseas. We recognise the pressing need to resolve this issue as soon as possible and are urgently exploring a number of different options to extend the existing exemptions to contacts who have been vaccinated overseas.”<\/p>\n Boris Johnson has warned that travel restrictions and self-isolation rules for those who come into contact with positive Covid cases will be toughened for people who do not get their booster jab.<\/p>\n It came after the Joint Commitee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) on Monday recommended that the booster programme should be extended to include people aged 40 to 49.<\/p>\n Mr Johnson told a Downing St press conference: “It’s very clear that getting three jabs – getting your booster – will become an important fact and it will make life easier for you in all sorts of ways, and we will have to adjust our concept of what constitutes a full vaccination to take account of that. And I think that is increasingly obvious.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/139\/590x\/secondary\/3761773.jpg?r=1637148415471\")
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