Home checks on amber list travellers stepped up
Travellers returning from ‘amber list’ countries can expect a knock at the door.
Home Secretary Priti Patel said enforcement is being stepped up to make sure people are isolating at home for the required 10 days.
The number of home visits is being stepped up to about 10,000 home visits a day, and the government said 30,000 were conducted last week.
The government has signed up private contractors to beef up home visits.
The so-called ‘holiday police’ will report absentee residents to police.
"Significant resources have been put in place – millions of pounds – in terms of the follow-up checking of people around their testing and making sure they stay at home," Patel said.
Anyone not at home at the time could be liable for a fine of up to £10,000.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the government’s messaging on the traffic light system has been ‘crystal clear’ despite confusion.
Britons ‘should not go to an amber or red list country on holiday’ and any essential travel should be for ‘exceptional circumstances.’
Holidaymakers returning from countries on the ‘green list’ do not have to home quarantine, but are required to take a PCR test on day two after their return.
People arriving from ‘red list’ countries will be accommodated in a managed quarantine facility.
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