Pressure grows on Priti Patel after Vallance avoids full backing for UK quarantine move
Home secretary unveils 14-day rule despite doubts over effectiveness of a blanket ban
The Guardian
Speaking at the regular No 10 press conference, Sir Patrick Vallance said the advice from the Sage advisory committee was that quarantines worked best when infection rates inside a country had dropped, but also when applied to countries with high rates of coronavirus.
The quarantine plan, unveiled by the home secretary in the Commons to a sometimes hostile reception from Conservative MPs, does not distinguish between countries of varying infection rates, with the only exceptions being for certain professions, such as freight drivers.