Police could be granted powers to be able to arrest suspected coronavirus sufferers on the streets and the new measures could come into force this week.
The new measures are all part the 329-page Emergency Coronavirus Bill which could clear its final hurdles in the coming week.
It will give police the power to detain suspected coronavirus patients in the UK and quarantine them. The bill also allow public health officers to order someone believed to be infected to undergo screening and testing within 14 days These measures will be enforced and fines exacted only if there is a risk of a serious and imminent threat to public health.