Arrivals from much of South America and southern Africa, as well as Portugal, will be required to self-isolate at government-arranged hotel accommodation for 10 days upon arrival in England.
They will be met at the airport and transported directly to their quarantine accommodation. Johnson said the Department of Health was working at pace to identify and establish these facilities.
Home secretary Priti Patel is expected to set out the full details of the policy later on Wednesday (27 January), with Johnson offering no proposed start date or time for the measures.
