UK considering a forced two-week quarantine for travelling to UK
Anyone entering the UK could be forced to go into quarantine for two weeks under plans being discussed in government.
Dominic Raab, who has been standing in as prime minister for nearly three weeks while Boris Johnson recovers from coronavirus, confirmed the proposals are under consideration, Sky News reports.
Raab was replying to a report in the Sunday Telegraph that all travellers arriving in the country will need to fill out a landing card with details about their health, as well as the address where they will self-isolate.
According to the Telegraph, officials are drawing up a scheme that mirrors the 14-day “stay home” notices currently issued to Singaporean citizens returning to their country from abroad. It could be rolled out as early as next month, and include large fines for those who fail to remain at the address given to authorities as their place of isolation.
The radical plan, being overseen by Priti Patel, the Home Secretary, and Grant Shapps, the Transport Secretary, is intended to stop the transmission of Covid-19 from abroad, when the Government launches its “track and trace” strategy to identify and isolate cases of the virus in the UK. It would apply to both British citizens and those from abroad.
