BREAKING: UK arrivals must quarantine for 14 days - but France and Ireland are exempt
An official date has not been revealed for when the rules will come into force, but is expected to be implemented in the coming weeks.The Government has revealed that its new guidelines have been put in place to "manage the risk of transmissions being reintroduced from abroad."
Visitors will need to supply contact details and accommodation information on arrival in the UK and will be "strongly encouraged" to download the NHS contact tracing app. In the statement, No10 said: "No quarantine measures would apply to travellers coming from France at this stage; any measures on either side would be taken in a concerted and reciprocal manner.
Rory Boland, Editor of Which? Travel, said the news would "add to the confusion" that Brit holidaymakers were facing.
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