Quarantine could be slashed to seven or eight days with coronavirus swab, Transport Sec suggests
THE quarantine period for travellers returning from countries not on the coronavirus "safe list" could be slashed to seven or eight days if they are tested, the Transport Secretary suggested this morning.
Mr Shapps said: "Airport testing is one of those things that sounds so logical, you come in and get a test, perhaps a rapid test and you go off and you're free to not quarantine. He told BBC Newscast podscast: “I don’t think it’s necessary to do 14-day quarantine when you come back into the country.He added the current rules risks "killing" international trade.
Found of PC Agency of travel consultants Paul Charles, told The Times:“Only testing and more testing is the solution to walking the tricky tightrope between health and economic priorities.
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