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Coronavirus: Government planning to quarantine people who land in UK
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The government is "actively" looking at quarantining people who arrive into the UK once lockdown begins to ease, a Cabinet minister confirmed today.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said he would need to ensure the UK is not "importing" coronavirus once the infection rate here begins to come down.
Reports suggest that people who arrive into the UK will be asked to isolate themselves for two weeks. Appearing on BBC's Andrew Marr show Mr Shapps was asked if people will go into quarantine, he said: "I think it’s important as we’re seeing the numbers decrease and the R rate we hope decrease… that we do ensure that the sacrifices in the sense of social distancing that we’re asking the British people to make are matched by anybody who comes to
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