Full UK hotel quarantine plan not feasible, minister says

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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.”

 

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[natway09]

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

[chilly07]

Works in Thailand. Study trip needed. What I'm not doing 14days quarantine in a 5star hotel or golf course!

[BusyB]

 

Tja, English management.

[Pmbkk]

 

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 !

[RayC]

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.

[bkk_mike]

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

[NeoDinosaw]

7 hours ago, BusyB said:

 

Tja, English management.

what does 'Tja'   mean ?

[Gulfsailor]

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’. 

[Stargeezr]

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

[Mike Rodik]

ASQ might not be "only" 45.000 baht overthere

[2530Ubon]

Thailand can manage it, why can't the UK?

[Harveyboy]

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 

[BusyB]

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 ... ????

[RayC]

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?