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Steven Freudmann: ‘The government’s position is a complete muddle’

Government
Steven Freudmann
14 June 2020

Up to 12 March, the government’s advice was clear: anyone arriving from overseas was asked to isolate for two weeks. On 13 March that advice inexplicably changed.

Face coverings look set to remain a feature of international travel for some time

Just as most European countries were closing their borders and introducing quarantines, the UK dropped any requirement for new arrivals to stay at home. The government has never told us why that advice was changed. What was the science behind removing the quarantine requirement?

Since then, amazingly, our borders have remained open throughout the peak of the pandemic, with no requirement for even a cursory check. Yet now that the peak of the pandemic has passed, the government has imposed a two-week quarantine on all arrivals in Britain. Why has it waited until now to impose a quarantine?