Travel company TUI will offer travellers free coronavirus insurance starting this weekend, a German media group reported on Friday.

FILE PHOTO: TUI sign is seen at the check-in area at Gatwick Airport, as travel restrictions are eased following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Gatwick, Britain July 10, 2020.
FRANKFURT: Travel company TUI will offer travellers free coronavirus insurance starting this weekend, a German media group reported on Friday.
The head of TUI in Germany, Marek Andryszak, told the newspapers of the Funke Mediengruppe that TUI was collaborating with Axa .
The insurance will assume costs if travellers are forced to remain in the vacation spot beyond the holiday because they contracted COVID-19 or are in quarantine, he said.