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UK still working out quarantine plan for people entering country

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Britain's Home Secretary Priti Patel leaves from 10 Downing Street in central London. Tolga Akmen/AFP

The British government is still working on the details of how it will implement quarantine measures for people arriving in the country, interior minister Priti Patel said on Wednesday.


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"We are still developing measures, so we are not in the position to say 'this is how it's going to work'," Patel said during an interview on LBC radio.

"In terms of how this will work, we will be announcing this shortly," she said, confirming only that the duration of quarantine would be 14 days.

Reuters

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