snoop1130 Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 UK to announce hotel quarantine for Britons returning from 30 high-risk countries - Times FILE PHOTO: People queue at terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain January 22, 2021, in this image obtained from social media. Picture taken January 22, 2021. Pia Josephson/via REUTERS (Reuters) - The British government will on Wednesday announce plans for limited hotel quarantine for Britons returning from 30 high-risk countries covered by a travel ban, the Times reported on Wednesday. These countries include South America, Portugal, Cape Verde and South Africa, the report added. Separately, Johnson has rejected calls by interior minister Priti Patel for a temporary closure of borders, the newspaper reported, adding Patel had pushed for a travel ban to stop potentially vaccine resistant strains of coronavirus being imported into the country. Johnson has said he was looking at the option of introducing quarantine hotels for those coming to Britain to prevent the risk of "vaccine-busting" new coronavirus variants entering the country. The bosses of airlines including British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and easyJet criticised on Tuesday a possible plan for mandatory quarantine in hotels for some or all arrivals to Britain and called for a support package. Britain has suffered a sharp rise in infections and deaths in the new year, fuelled partly by a new more highly contagious variant of the virus first identified in southeast England. The death toll in Britain from the coronavirus pandemic passed 100,000 people on Tuesday. -- © Copyright Reuters 2021-01-27 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baboon Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 I don't see how it is legal. No country can refuse to accept its citizens back, so what if you can't afford this quarantine? Refused to be allowed to travel or barred from entering? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalorymetr Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 (edited) Probably <deleted>ty government facility, like everywhere else... You are on forum about Thailand, country which has this system from the day 1. Edited January 27, 2021 by Kalorymetr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Natai Beach Posted January 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 27, 2021 2 hours ago, snoop1130 said: The British government will on Wednesday announce plans for limited hotel quarantine for Britons returning from 30 high-risk countries covered by a travel ban, the Times reported on Wednesday. Quick and decisive action. It will be implemented a full year after UK first discovered covid and after 100,000++ dead. No flies on Boris. 2 hours ago, snoop1130 said: Patel had pushed for a travel ban to stop potentially vaccine resistant strains of coronavirus being imported into the country. Shame they didn’t stop their own citizens leaving the UK back in March when they discovered the new highly infectious UK covid super strain. That decision would have saved a lot of lives. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishtank Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 14 minutes ago, Natai Beach said: No flies on Boris. But you can see where they have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 And the reffo's the French navy have escorted across can bypass 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitti Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 hotel quarantine, so finally UK is taking same path as thailand, which is proven that it does help a lot. that picture of people queuing at the airport, it doesn't look like they are well prepared for containing the virus at all???? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natway09 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 So now do we have any doubts about Boris & his Merry Men being ditherers from the start ? This should have been implemented end of March last year 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magenta408 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Quarantine is a big racket. Beaucoup bucks are being made on this horse<deleted>. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultName Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Too little, too late again. I'm a Boris fan, but he needs to do things faster for this virus. Committees won't do it, make a decision and push it through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Bill Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 19 hours ago, snoop1130 said: returning from 30 high-risk countries For reference the full list (Independent UK) Angola Argentina Bolivia Botswana Brazil Cape Verde Chile Colombia Democratic Republic of Congo Ecuador Eswatini French Guiana Guyana Lesotho Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Panama Paraguay Peru Portugal (including Madeira and the Azores) Seychelles South Africa Suriname Tanzania Uruguay Venezuela Zambia Zimbabwe 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve187 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 2 hours ago, natway09 said: So now do we have any doubts about Boris & his Merry Men being ditherers from the start ? This should have been implemented end of March last year says the next prime minister Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7by7 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 We left Thailand last April. At BKK: temperature taken before allowed into terminal; all staff wearing at least a mask; had to wear a mask at all times in terminal except while eating in coffee shop; temperature taken again at check in; temperature taken again at gate. On flight (EVA Air): had to wear mask at all times unless eating or drinking; cabin crew in full PPE at all times. At LHR, even though UK supposed to have been in lockdown: masks worn by some staff, airport, UK Border Force and HMRC, but by no means all; like above, mask wearing by passengers was also voluntary; no temperature or other health check at all, just given a leaflet saying to contact NHS 111 if developed symptoms. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancelot01 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 On 27/01/2021 at 1:27 PM, baboon said: I don't see how it is legal. No country can refuse to accept its citizens back, so what if you can't afford this quarantine? Refused to be allowed to travel or barred from entering? What about Australia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baboon Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 53 minutes ago, Lancelot01 said: What about Australia? I don't know, but I would imagine they should have questions that need to be answered, leaving their nationals stranded the way they have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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