Covid-19 testing at UK airports will not remove the need for travelers to self-isolate because of the long incubation period of the disease.In comments that will come as a further blow to the travel industry, Shapps said that while the government keeps quarantine rules “under active review," airport testing picks up only a “very small proportion" of coronavirus carriers, meaning that a second test would be needed up to eight days later.“In between time, guess what?
You would need to quarantine," Shapps told BBC Radio 4 on Friday, when asked whether airport testing could replace the UK requirement for travelers from non-exempt countries to self-isolate for two weeks. “So you’re not removing quarantine entirely."Airlines and airports say that.