Britain could make Portugal quarantine decision on Friday, minister says

LONDON- Britain could make a decision on Friday on whether to impose a 14- day quarantine on arrivals from Portugal after cases of COVID-19 began to rise in the popular holiday destination, the UK’s health minister, Matt Hancock, said on Thursday. Britain allowed holiday-makers to travel to Portugal without any restrictions less than two weeks ago but a rise in…

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain could make a decision on Friday on whether to impose a 14-day quarantine on arrivals from Portugal after cases of COVID-19 began to rise in the popular holiday destination, the UK’s health minister, Matt Hancock, said on Thursday.

Britain allowed holiday-makers to travel to Portugal without any restrictions less than two weeks ago but a rise in the coronavirus there has prompted speculation it will be put back on a list of countries that require quarantine measures.

“We follow the data and we make these announcements in an organised way on a Friday lunchtime,” Hancock told Sky News.

(Reporting by Kate Holton and Guy Faulconbridge; editing by William Schomberg)