Passengers arriving in the UK will be forced into quarantine for two weeks and face fines of £1,000 ($1,217) if they break the rules, under measures set to be announced on Friday.
The plan is designed to stop travelers re-introducing coronavirus to the country after becoming infected overseas and is likely to have a major impact on the aviation industry’s attempts to recover after the lockdown.
Home Secretary Priti Patel will set out the details of the new quarantine system at the daily government press conference at 5 pm on Friday.
Her Cabinet colleague, Brandon Lewis, said the measures will be reviewed every three weeks, along with the rest of the government’s coronavirus response. “We are going to introduce a quarantine system," Lewis,