Quite... draconian, in their use of the latest government powers.......
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/1822...ld-quarantine/
Coronavirus Brighton: Nurses at Mill View Hospital held in quarantine
Nurses are being held in quarantine after treating a patient with a new suspected case of coronavirus, a source has told The Argus.
Two nurses treating a woman at The Haven in Mill View hospital, Hove, are being kept in a room next door to the patient, the source said. It is understood the patient had recently returned from Hong Kong.
The two nurses at the psychiatric hospital have been held there since 8.30pm yesterday evening, the Argus was told. They have not been allowed to leave, and one of the nurses is said to be pregnant.
It comes after five people were confirmed to have the virus in the city.........
Sussex Partnership NHS trust initially refused to comment. But just before 8pm, a spokesman for the trust said: "As is the case across the NHS, if we identify any individual displaying some of the symptoms consistent with coronavirus we will take proportionate, timely action in line with Public Health England guidance."......