Sunak warns British tourists they face more virus disruption

Bloomberg

Boris Johnson’s government warned British tourists they face more disruption to their plans for holidays in Europe amid reports that France may be next on the UK list of countries hit by coronavirus travel restrictions.
Belgium, Andorra and The Bahamas were added to the quarantine list — meaning all passengers arriving from these areas will need to self-isolate at home or in the place they are staying for 14 days.
With Spain already on list, and therefore effectively ruled out for tourists after a rise in virus cases, British newspapers reported officials are now closely monitoring the rising rate of infections in France.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak warned there is “always the risk of disruption to travel plans” and said the situation for tourists planning to go to France is “tricky.”
“What I can say to people is we’re in the midst of a global pandemic and that means there is always the risk of disruption to travel plans, and people need to bear that in mind,” Sunak told Sky News.
The government said that people arriving in England from Andorra, Belgium and the Bahamas will need to be quarantined for two weeks. The government also changed its official travel advice to urge against all non-essential trips to these countries.
The government “will take decisive action if necessary to contain the virus, including removing countries from the travel corridors list rapidly if the public health risk of people returning from a particular country without self-isolating becomes too high,” the Foreign Office said in a statement.
In a sign of UK’s own troubles with controlling virus, the Department for Health and Social care said town of Preston has been added to the areas in northwest England with additional social distancing to try to reduce the rate of infections.
Swindon, in southwest England, and Bedford have been added to the UK’s watch list as “areas of concern” due to
the rise in cases, reports said.