UK to place all incoming travellers under 14-day quarantine: The Times

[rooster59]

UK to place all incoming travellers under 14-day quarantine: The Times

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits the Grave of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey, on the eve of 75th Anniversary of VE Day, in London, Britain May 7, 2020. Leon Neal/Pool via Reuters

 

(Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will announce on Sunday that all travellers coming to the United Kingdom will be quarantined for a fortnight, The Times reported.

 

"Passengers arriving at airports and ports including Britons returning from abroad, will have to self-isolate for 14 days," the newspaper said, adding that travellers will have to provide the address sat which they will self-isolate on arrival.

 

Travellers from Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man will be exempt, as will lorry drivers bringing crucial supplies, the report added.

 

The authorities will carry out spot checks and those found to be breaking the rules are to face fines of up to 1,000 pounds or even deportation, the report added.

 

According to The Times, travellers will have to fill in a digital form with details of where they plan to self-isolate themselves for the duration of the quarantine.

 

The measures will help reduce the "transmission of the virus as we move into the next phase of our response," the report said, citing a government source.

 

The measures are expected to come into force in early June.

 

Johnson will announce a very limited easing of Britain's coronavirus lockdown next week, adopting a cautious approach to try to ensure there is no second peak of infections.

 

(Reporting by Aishwarya Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh Kuber)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-05-09

 

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[cornishcarlos]

About 2 months too late !! 

[BritManToo]

What if you're homeless and a Brit (like many of us)?

Edited May 8, 2020 by BritManToo

[ezzra]

A day late and a quid short in'it?... remind me a the shutting the barn's doors after the horses has bolted saying...

[baansgr]

Madness..people arriving from.all four corners of the world unfettered.. Still even have 100s of economic migrants washing up on the South coast released into the community

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/05/just-273-people-arriving-in-uk-in-run-up-to-lockdown-quarantined

[mr mr]

more garbage from stupid politicians. it was never about a virus. wake me up when september ends. 

[edwinchester]

About 3 months too late you idiot!

[Thailand]

This is not a case of "better late than never" the damage is done as in the USA and some other countries.

[Olmate]

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

What if you're homeless and a Brit (like many of us)?

Go to Bunnings

[JoePai]

2 hours ago, BritManToo said:

What if you're homeless and a Brit (like many of us)?

So you just turn up in the UK for a holiday without a thought as to where you will be staying?

[pegman]

Good on BoJo for being pro-active.

[Tug]

That will put a damper on tourism 

[Phuketshrew]

2 hours ago, BritManToo said:

What if you're homeless and a Brit (like many of us)?

Just steal a loaf of bread and you'll be on the first boat out of there to the land down under. Oh, I forgot, I don't think they do that any more ????

[stevenl]

3 hours ago, cornishcarlos said:

About 2 months too late !! 

"The measures are expected to come into force in early June."

[maechanman]

I wonder if this will apply to airline crew who have had layovers, pop stars, royalty, footballers returning from overseas matches, politicians ????

[scotsdude]

Way too late... Should have locked down in in line with Spain & Italy etc and closed borders then... Just had a mate fly from Spain last week to join a ship in Scotland... Transited through Madrid to get to Amsterdam... Flight was full from Amsterdam and no checks or screening when they landed in Scotland... Death toll was already at 30,000 plus at time... Clowns...

[J Town]

5 hours ago, rooster59 said:

"Passengers arriving at airports and ports including Britons returning from abroad, will have to self-isolate for 14 days"

Has he MET the human race? They can't be trusted not to f*** up a wet dream, let alone self isolate.

[Canuck1966]

Uk has been using herd immunity by stealth that's why the death figs are so high

No ban on flights and people allowed to continue to work

The 'essential workers' was vague on purpose

This isn't quarantine, it's self isolating, much as most would do anyway after travelling overseas at present.

I would guess this is to assist in tracking and tracing as much as anything

 

[RichardColeman]

7 hours ago, BritManToo said:

What if you're homeless and a Brit (like many of us)?

Plenty of room in the Blackppool B and B I'm in - good cheap virus pandemic rate - though you could move in for free on the council if you're OK with living with homeless drunks next door that party all day and get arrested all night

[Toosetinmyways]

i wanted to quote Britmantoo but his original post seems to have vanished. As he has told us 3 million times already, you just rock up to a National Health Hospital and they will give free bed and breakfast and treatment even as a none resident.

[poohy]

19 minutes ago, Toosetinmyways said:

i wanted to quote Britmantoo but his original post seems to have vanished. As he has told us 3 million times already, you just rock up to a National Health Hospital and they will give free bed and breakfast and treatment even as a none resident.

That would be my number on plan as well

this year i am planning returning and doing 6 months in UK and 6 month here or as near dont matter to get residency and NHS benefits again

After 25 years away time to get my feet under the table again

[candide]

They'd better put outgoing travellers under quarantine

Edited May 9, 2020 by candide

[cornishcarlos]

5 minutes ago, poohy said:

That would be my number on plan as well

this year i am planning returning and doing 6 months in UK and 6 month here or as near dont matter to get residency and NHS benefits again

After 25 years away time to get my feet under the table again

 

I'm considering that option too. Time to get the missus her U.K passport, to make travelling easier.

More options are always better, the last couple months have taught me at least that.. ????

[BritManToo]

1 hour ago, RichardColeman said:

Plenty of room in the Blackppool B and B I'm in - good cheap virus pandemic rate - though you could move in for free on the council if you're OK with living with homeless drunks next door that party all day and get arrested all night

I'd fit in better next door.

[BritManToo]

3 minutes ago, poohy said:

That would be my number on plan as well

this year i am planning returning and doing 6 months in UK and 6 month here or as near dont matter to get residency and NHS benefits again

After 25 years away time to get my feet under the table again

I never told them I left, so already have residency and a NHS doctor.

[tifino]

8 hours ago, Olmate said:

Go to Bunnings

nah! - the Bunnings queues are too long... and you have to wait outside

[pineapple01]

18 minutes ago, cornishcarlos said:

 

I'm considering that option too. Time to get the missus her U.K passport, to make travelling easier.

More options are always better, the last couple months have taught me at least that.. ????

My Mrs wont go, too many emigrants!

[cornishcarlos]

3 minutes ago, pineapple01 said:

My Mrs wont go, too many emigrants!

 

Mine says she doesn't mind going to live there. Doesn't mind being the clue, as in not that excited !!

I've only just floated the idea, so we shall see...

[twix38]

3 months too late!

I flu back to uk in mid Feb.

 

No airport checks and plenty of persistent coughs on plane. Then the virus was dispersed throughout UK. Sheer madness I thought at the time.

 

Uk been hit harder than Thailand but i am much happier here in UK. IF I caught it then better treatment and no massive hospital bill. Relief. Personally I am now much happier.

Edited May 9, 2020 by twix38

[Sujo]

Surely he is joking. Did the virus cause him to time travel back to january?