Two-week quarantine from Monday for anyone arriving in UK
A fortnight quarantine period for anyone arriving in UK will be enforced from Monday 8thJune. Over 200 travel companies have requested the new rules to be scrapped including some MPs who voiced concerns.
But Home Secretary Priti Patel said the move would protect public health now that imported coronavirus cases pose a more significant threat.
Passengers arriving in the UK by ferry ,plane or train including UK nationals will be asked to provide an address where they will self-isolate for 14-days. Travellers can be fined £100 for failing to fill in a form with these details..
Surprise visits will be used to check they are following the rules. Those in England could be fined up to £ 1, 000 if they fail to self-isolate.
Passengers should drive their own car to their destination and if they don’t provide an address the government will arrange accommodation at the traveller’s expense. Once at their destination they must not use public transport or taxis. They must not go to work, school or public areas or have visitors except for essential support.
They also not allowed to go out to buy food or other essentials where they can rely on others.
Anyone arriving from the Republic of Ireland, the Channel Islands, or the Isle of Man does not have to enter quarantine.
The government is currently looking into international travel corridors between UK and countries with low infection rates and strong healthcare systems and hope to avoid the need for quarantine for travellers between the two.
The government is currently advising against all non-essential travel, and hasn’t given a date for when quarantine will end.
These measures will be reviewed in late June, three weeks after their introduction to check they remain effective and necessary.