Arrivals in UK could be asked to stay in quarantine hotels, Raab says

Foreign secretary says all options being considered, including measure inspired by New Zealand’s ‘directed isolation’ policy

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People arriving in the UK could be asked to stay in quarantine hotels under plans being considered by ministers to try to deal with the spread of the pandemic, the foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, has said.

Raab said the government had “considered all of the possibilities” when asked about reports in the Sunday Times that ministers have ordered plans to be drawn up for the creation of quarantine hotels for arrivals in Britain.