Travellers from overseas could increase the spread of Covid-19, the Home Secretary has said as she outlined time-limited quarantine measures for England.
Making a statement to the Commons, Priti Patel said the UK is past the peak of coronavirus but the country is “now more vulnerable to new infections being brought in from abroad”.
She confirmed the measures would be in place from June 8 and require arrivals to self-isolate for 14 days. The first review of the new measures would be on 28 June, the Home Secretary announced.
Ms Patel said: “The transmission rate in the UK continues to decline and international travel is likely to resume from its record low. Therefore the scientific advice is that imported cases of the virus pose a more significant threat to our national effort.
“Travellers from overseas could become a higher proportion of the overall number of infections in the UK and increase the spread of the disease.
“The Government is acting now by taking a proportionate and time-limited approach to protect the health of the British people.”
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