"Some travellers coming to England will have to quarantine in hotels, over concerns about new Covid variants, the government is expected to announce.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will make a decision after discussing the proposals with senior ministers later.
The measures are likely to apply to UK citizens and those with permanent residency rights arriving from high-risk countries such as South Africa.
Most foreign nationals from high-risk countries already face UK travel bans.
The requirement to isolate in a hotel for 10 days will apply to arrivals from most of Southern Africa and South America, as well as Portugal, because many flights from Brazil come via Lisbon, according to BBC Newsnight's political editor Nicholas Watt. "
Covid: Quarantine hotel plans set to be announced - BBC News
So if somebody wants to avoid it then just go past "safe" country.
Those Govt fookers can't organise a simple quantantine during a deadly pandemic
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will make a decision after discussing the proposals with senior ministers later.
The measures are likely to apply to UK citizens and those with permanent residency rights arriving from high-risk countries such as South Africa.
Most foreign nationals from high-risk countries already face UK travel bans.
The requirement to isolate in a hotel for 10 days will apply to arrivals from most of Southern Africa and South America, as well as Portugal, because many flights from Brazil come via Lisbon, according to BBC Newsnight's political editor Nicholas Watt. "
Covid: Quarantine hotel plans set to be announced - BBC News
So if somebody wants to avoid it then just go past "safe" country.
Those Govt fookers can't organise a simple quantantine during a deadly pandemic
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