snoop1130 Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Full UK hotel quarantine plan not feasible, minister says FILE PHOTO: People queue for COVID-19 tests at a testing centre, as tighter rules for international travellers start, at terminal 2 of the Heathrow Airport, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, London, Britain, January 18, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) - A British minister said it was not feasible to order all international arrivals in Britain to quarantine in a hotel in a drive to prevent the spread of coronavirus variants. Junior education minister Michelle Donelan was asked on BBC TV about a suggestion that Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, could require all arrivals to stay in a hotel, rather than just those coming from high-risk areas. “We will continually evolve our strategies but that is unfeasible and we have to be realistic about what we adopt and what we do. And what is deliverable as well,” she said. “(We have to be) targeted in our approach to making sure that we minimise the risk and identify those countries where we can see the risk. So a blanket policy that Nicola Sturgeon is proposing would not necessarily be as effective as the one we are suggesting, and also it is much more doable.” -- © Copyright Reuters 2021-02-02 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post natway09 Posted February 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 3, 2021 Of course it is. Just too incompetent, lazy or scared of the economic & Hi Sos fallout to make a system work Should have been doing full quarantine by May of last year 8 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chilly07 Posted February 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 3, 2021 Works in Thailand. Study trip needed. What I'm not doing 14days quarantine in a 5star hotel or golf course! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusyB Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Tja, English management. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pmbkk Posted February 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 3, 2021 Simply not possible re hotel beds. The UK is not really limiting travelers from abroad - one of the main reasons they got themselves in this mess to start with ! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RayC Posted February 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 3, 2021 1 hour ago, Pmbkk said: Simply not possible re hotel beds. The UK is not really limiting travelers from abroad - one of the main reasons they got themselves in this mess to start with ! Really? A quick search for a hotel bed in London for the period 16/2 - 2/3 gives me a choice of 4,025 hotels. It is really a management problem. As someone else suggested, get advice from the Thai (and/or Australian) government; they seem to be managing things quite effectively. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bkk_mike Posted February 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 3, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, RayC said: Really? A quick search for a hotel bed in London for the period 16/2 - 2/3 gives me a choice of 4,025 hotels. It is really a management problem. As someone else suggested, get advice from the Thai (and/or Australian) government; they seem to be managing things quite effectively. Australia and Thailand are coping by restricting the number of people who can enter the country. i.e. They only allow the number of people in that they have quarantine spaces for. The UK has never restricted how many people can come in. So doesn't require hotel quarantine for anyone (yet). They're supposed to be doing it shortly - for people from certain countries - but ignore completely that if they change plane, that everyone else on that plane to Heathrow with them is free to do regular "self-isolation". As a method for preventing the spread of new variants into the UK, it's fatally flawed. If you want to catch new variants in quarantine (like Australia), everyone needs to be in proper quarantine, with testing... Edited February 3, 2021 by bkk_mike 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoDinosaw Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 7 hours ago, BusyB said: Tja, English management. what does 'Tja' mean ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gulfsailor Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 33 minutes ago, NeoDinosaw said: what does 'Tja' mean ? My best guess, the poster is Dutch, where ‘tja’ is commonly used and can probably best be translated as ‘well, what did you expect’. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargeezr Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 If the UK actually gets serious with the covid virus situation, maybe they can lower their numbers of the infected. It will likely take a few more thousand deaths before the government realizes this and finally gets their act together. I always find it amazing how badly a government can manage a country. Carry on, pip pip. It is a Monty Python world we live in now. Geezer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Rodik Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 ASQ might not be "only" 45.000 baht overthere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2530Ubon Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Thailand can manage it, why can't the UK? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harveyboy Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 2 hours ago, Mike Rodik said: ASQ might not be "only" 45.000 baht overthere no probs go into 5 star hotels as an asylum seeker ..illigal immigrant..its Free .. sorted 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusyB Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 On 2/3/2021 at 6:27 PM, Gulfsailor said: My best guess, the poster is Dutch, where ‘tja’ is commonly used and can probably best be translated as ‘well, what did you expect’. Dutch and German ... ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayC Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 On 2/3/2021 at 11:19 PM, bkk_mike said: Australia and Thailand are coping by restricting the number of people who can enter the country. i.e. They only allow the number of people in that they have quarantine spaces for. The UK has never restricted how many people can come in. So doesn't require hotel quarantine for anyone (yet). They're supposed to be doing it shortly - for people from certain countries - but ignore completely that if they change plane, that everyone else on that plane to Heathrow with them is free to do regular "self-isolation". As a method for preventing the spread of new variants into the UK, it's fatally flawed. If you want to catch new variants in quarantine (like Australia), everyone needs to be in proper quarantine, with testing... So it's a management issue as I and others suggested, not an insoluble problem as the UK minister insists? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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