Travellers in Switzerland, Jamaica and Czech Republic should quarantine on return
Travellers in Switzerland, Jamaica and Czech Republic should quarantine on return to the UK from 0400 on Saturday, the transport secretary has introduced.
Grant Shapps stated the transfer was wanted to maintain UK an infection charges down.
Individuals arriving in Scotland from Switzerland are already required to self-isolate.
Cuba, the place there was a drop in circumstances, might be added to the record of locations individuals can return from with out getting into quarantine.
The UK considers imposing quarantine situations when a rustic’s charge of an infection exceeds 20 circumstances per 100,000 individuals over seven days.
Switzerland is at the moment over that threshold, with a seven-day charge of 21.2, whereas the speed within the Czech Republic at the moment stands at 19.4, up from 16 every week in the past.