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England puts United States on ‘red-list’, will quarantine arrivals

FILE PHOTO: UK government daily briefing on coronavirus updates
FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Transport Secretary Grant Shapps speaks during a daily briefing to update on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at 10 Downing Street in London, Britain June 12, 2020. Andrew Parsons/10 Downing Street/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Passengers arriving into England from the United States will not be exempted from quarantine rules, Britain’s transport minister Grant Shapps said on Friday.

Asked whether the United States would be on a ‘red-list’ of countries to which a 14-day quarantine period will apply, Shapps said: “I’m afraid it will be.”

“The U.S. from a very early stage banned flights from the UK and from Europe so there isn’t a reciprocal arrangement in place,” he told the BBC.

England is relaxing its quarantine rules for around 50 other countries.