COVID-19: Priti Patel's new border measures sound tough but little will change

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Analysis: Given inbound travel from 30 countries is already banned, it is a tweak to the rules rather than a clampdown

Hotel quarantine, effectively house arrest at your own expense, may well be a deterrent to some.

Corridors and hotel premises will need to be policed by security to prevent breaches, and staff interaction will be strictly limited, with full PPE required for basic maintenance like changing a lightbulb. Holidays do not count, and Ms Patel chose to highlight social media"influencers" merrily posting selfies from winter breaks as particularly egregious cases.

in an attempt to isolate the assumed source of the virus, while restrictions were applied to travel from hotspots including Italy and Iran.

 

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Weak. Should be full border lockdown!!!

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