UK imposes 14 days of self-quarantine for people arriving from Denmark

Reuters | ByReuters | Posted by Zarafshan Shiraz
Nov 06, 2020 10:39 AM IST

From November 6, people arriving in the United Kingdom from Denmark will have to self-isolate for 14 days as a precautionary measure amid the spike in Covid-19 cases

The United Kingdom’s Transport Minister Grant Shapps said on Friday that people arriving in the country from Denmark will need to self-isolate for 14 days, starting on Nov. 6, as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus.

UK asks people arriving from Denmark to self-isolate(Twitter/SimplexityTM)
UK asks people arriving from Denmark to self-isolate(Twitter/SimplexityTM)

“I have taken the swift decision to urgently remove Denmark from the government’s travel corridor list,” Shapps said in a statement.

On Thursday, Britain also removed Germany and Sweden from its list of countries where travellers would not have to quarantine on arrival in England.

(This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text. Only the headline has been changed.)

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