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tens of thousands of stranded Brits abroad, to be flown by the Corona-Virus pandemic will be home, under a new agreement between the government and the airlines.

BA, Virgin and Easyjet are among the airlines with the government to fly the British Back To the UK.

The government has promised to bring £75m charter special Flights home, UK nationals from countries where commercial Flights are not available.

The Number of people who have died with The Virus in the UK.

on the occasion of the government day coronavirus briefing, The Foreign Minister, Dominic Raab , said an "unprecedented" number of UK travellers were trying to get home "from young backpackers, to retired couples on cruises".

"are We talking about hundreds of thousands of people travel around The World ," He Said .

Under the new rules, airlines would be responsible for stranded passengers home, where trade routes continue to be an option.

Where commercial routes, There is not, the financial support to the government to allow special charter Flights operated by The Partner -to-fly airlines, and Others - to bring priority countries, UK residents.

Mr Raab said that priority would be given to The Most Vulnerable , including the elderly, or those with pressing medical needs, but also to the countries in which it is to return a large number of British tourists, who are trying to the UK.

Labour's shadow foreign Minister, Emily Thornberry , criticised the plans as "just more of the same", and called for "a fresh, comprehensive and fully-funded strategy to our British nationals home."

breakdown of the partnership, Mr Raab said airlines for alternative Flights "at little to no Cost , where tracks have been deleted," and the need to change the passengers, Tickets in - between the beams. should offer

He added: "So, for those who don't wait in those countries where the commercial opportunities are still available:. You don't run The Risk of getting stranded.

"The carriers are here to help You - please book your Tickets as soon as possible. "

Virgin, easyJet, Jet2 and Titan Airways signed a Memorandum of understanding in respect of The Arrangement on Monday, while British Airways has also said it is working with the government to the people At Home .

Other airlines, the new arrangement, Mr. Raab, to join said.

'Desperate situation'

June, and Leslie Webb, both 77 years of age, with underlying health conditions, Back To Southend, Essex, in Goa, Western India .

The couple have been cancelled due to return to the UK on Monday after a two-and-a-half weeks of the trip, but your Flight was after India declared a 21-day lockdown, the on 24. March.

You have booked as a non-refundable £700 for the Flight , for the 2. April, was also cancelled, their daughter-in-law, Sally Webb told Bbc News .

"My mother-in-law is in remission from cancer, and my father-in-law diabetics," MS Webb said. "The Situation is getting Desperate . "

She added that the couple had a week's worth of medication left, and reported food shortages, where they were housed.

Mrs Webb, together with her sister-in-law, You said to go home, but the government's briefing was "The First bit" of information She had received, about the repatriation efforts.

"It gives us a lot of hope, because obviously, in India on lockdown," She Said .

"the fact is that even if the UK are able to get The Indian government to release the block, You have to have all of The Other Britons, as well as our in-laws house.

"We just want a Flight , a Flight , and we want You to arrive safe At Home . "

Mrs Webb added that it would take more details about it like, how long will it take to get a Flight , "the only way I was able to my in-laws a certain".

said Speaking on Bbc News after The Daily briefing, Ms Thornberry, it was "disappointed" that it was not addressed more detail and some questions "so far".

"What happens if your insurance is expired, while You wait to get on a Flight , what happens if your food or your medicine runs Out , There are no concrete answers," She Said .

Ms Thornberry added that She had received "alarming" E-Mails from British People all over The World on commercial Flights , including a family of six, it would 61.000 had said, Cost £around to her home from Australia in Yorkshire.

"This is simply unacceptable," She Said .

instructions for UK travelers can be found Return Home to the government.

The Foreign office said it already has hundreds of thousands of British tourists from all over The World , including over 8,500 from Morocco, about 5,000 of Cyprus, and an estimated 150,000 from Spain.

new hope for the airlines in crisis?

From The Moment countries started closing their borders, he felt only like a matter of time until the government, the step had in a concrete way, a large number of stranded Britons home.

Until Now , The Foreign office was to lift pressure on the countries of travel restrictions and coordination with the British airlines, which have been carried Out , the blank areas to target in order to bring people to home.

It was a commercial operation and it worked to a point.

But with so many people in all corners of The World , and the anger is growing among the many who put themselves in precarious situations, the government was ultimately the means available to ensure a comprehensive repatriation program was possible.

Airlines are in dire financial straits and £75m, in aviation terms, a relatively small sum. But the government is now helping, You are helping hope for the government, You through this crisis and beyond.

Later in the press conference, the UK's chief scientific adviser said, There is first evidence that social distancing measures in the UK.

Sir Patrick Vallance said, the people were left to the fathers of the Council At Home , to keep the pressure on the NHS.

from 09:00 BST on Monday, 22,141 people in the UK have tested positive for coronavirus, while 112,805 have tested negative, according to The Department of Health.

The total number of people who died, the achieved with The Virus in the UK, 1,408, measured before 17:00 BST on Sunday.

The deaths of a further 159 people in England, six in Scotland, 14 in Wales And One in Northern Ireland .

There are currently 9,000 people in hospitals in England, with coronavirus, up from 6,000 on Friday .

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Source of news: bbc.com