(CNN) – The UK has reintroduced a 14-day career on all arrivals from France after the country recorded a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases.
From Saturday at 4 p.m. GMT, anyone arriving in the UK in France will self-isolate for two weeks or risk being fined up to $ 1,200.
UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps discussed the news during an interview on BBC Breakfast on Friday.
“We have worked so hard in this country to bring our level of infections down. The last thing we want is to get people back and bring the infection with them. It is to protect everyone,” he said.
According to Shapps, there are currently 160,000 British holidaymakers in France who are affected by the decision.
Mandatory quarantine
Many will now shake to make it home before the deadline in a bid to avoid the mandatory quarantine.
The move was officially announced late on Thursday night by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. However, rumors of a rule change have been growing for days due to the increasing number of cases of coronavirus in France.
An older government source told CNN on Thursday morning that Johnson was considering bringing the announcement from Friday to Thursday, and asked advisers “what is the difference” if the announcement came a day earlier.
The Netherlands, Malta, Monaco, Turks & Caicos and Aruba have also been fired.
The listed destinations consist of those that “represent a reduced risk to the public health of UK citizens”, according to the UK Department for Transport.
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