Overseas summer holidays ‘extremely unlikely’, UK scientist warns

It comes as a rise in coronavirus infections has led to countries across Europe imposing tougher restrictions

Experts warned holidays to foreign destinations will be ‘extremely unlikely’ this summer (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)

Holidays to foreign destinations will be “extremely unlikely” this summer due to the risk of new Covid-19 variants being brought back into the UK, a scientist has warned.

Dr Mike Tildesley, a member of the Spi-M modelling group which advises the Government, said there was a danger that new variants could jeopardise the vaccination programme later in the year.