Four people have so far been fined for breaching coronavirus travel quarantine rules, new figures from England and Wales show
Chairman of the National Police Chiefs' Council Martin Hewitt said the enforcement of the rules, which carries fines of up to £1,000, is primarily down to Border Force and public health authorities - but added that compliance with the rulings had been good.
However, Mr Hewitt warned that"it's really difficult to understand how people will respond", after travellers from"You would hope that people would come back and be responsible," he said. "I would hope they would be, but we will be in a position to carry out the role that we have in this, which is a secondary role to both the border force and Public Health England, as we are required to do so.
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