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Coronavirus: UK quarantine plans and £1,000 penalties confirmed
Jun 4, 2020
Plans to force almost all arrivals to the UK to isolate for 14 days have been confirmed by the home secretary.
Priti Patel told the Commons that Border Force will check that travellers fill out a form with their contact details and location for isolation.
Leaving isolation prematurely in England could result in a fine of up to £1,000 or prosecution, she said.
"We will not allow a reckless minority to put our domestic recovery at risk," she said.
Ms Patel told MPs that scientific advisers had said quarantine would not have been effective earlier in the coronavirus pandemic when infection rates in the UK were higher.
But now, imported cases of the virus posed a more significant threat, she said, so it was now important to "protect our hard-won progress as we move in the right direction".
It comes as the latest Department of Health figures show another 359 people have died after contracting coronavirus, bringing the UK total to 39,728. An additional 1,871 people tested positive in the last 24-hour period.
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