Passengers arriving in UK airports face a fortnight in quarantine as the government unveils its latest plans to halt the spread of coronavirus.
The new restrictions are hoped to thwart a second wave of infections from countries that have ended lockdown and allowed travel again. The plans could be put in place from next month, reports The Sun.
Home Secretary Priti Patel and Transport Secretary Grant Shapps will oversee the initiative to stop travellers transmitting the contagion from abroad.
British citizens and those from abroad will be subject to the restrictions which will see returnees complete a special landing card giving information about their health as well as place they expect to quarantine.
Those that fail to stay at the address given will be hit with hefty fines and authorities could also turn up to registered addresses to enforce the tough new measures.
A world-wide campaign is set to be put into place by the government to warn would-be travellers about the steps they would need to take after arriving in the UK.
Countries to have already implemented mandatory 14-day quarantines for new arrivals include Japan, Hong Kong, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, and Greece.
More than 15,000 people arrive at UK airports every day with none undergoing coronavirus tests or temperature screenings. And hundreds of thousands of people have also jetted back into the UK from places like Italy and Spain which have been particularly hard-hit by the virus.
The World Health Organisation has said that screening at airports is not effective without other quarantining measures because it can taken two weeks for a person infected with the virus to begin showing symptoms.
The number of cases detected at airports in China, Thailand, and Malaysia, where screening is being used, is reported to be low.
-TheSun