UK mulls hotel quarantine amid new variant concerns

London, Jan 24 : the UK government is considering the possibility of hotel quarantines for arrivals into the country amid concerns over new coronavirus variants found abroad.
Ministers will discuss the issue at a meeting on Monday whether to further tighten restrictions at the borders, Xinhua news agency reported.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson did not rule out taking further action at British borders during a virtual press briefing at Downing Street on Friday.
“I really don’t rule it out, we may need to take further measures still. We may need to go further to protect our borders,” he said.
“We don’t want to put that (efforts to control coronavirus) at risk by having a new variant come back in,” he added.
Under the current coronavirus restrictions, almost all people arriving in the UK must have a negative coronavirus test for72 hours before travelling to be allowed entry.