British tourists could be banned from visiting EU countries after January 1 ...

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British holidaymakers could be banned from entering the EU after Brexit under strict coronavirus travel rules that affect non-EU countries - unless officials grant a last-minute exemption.

The UK and Europe are in the process of trying to hammer out a Brexit trade deal that will apply after January 31st, but hopes of a deal are dampened today after Boris Johnson returned from Brussels last night with 'significant differences' remaining.

However any deal may not include coronavirus travel rules, which allow non-essential travel into the EU from just a handful of third-party countries where infection rates are very low, such as Australia and New Zealand.