Britain orders study of how to reduce travel quarantine period

LONDON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Britain will launch an urgent
study to find out how to reduce the COVID-19 quarantine period
which applies to passengers arriving in the country, transport
minister Grant Shapps said on Wednesday.

"We are moving ahead with the next step to reduce the
travel quarantine period by launching the Global Travel
Taskforce to open up international travel & boost our
businesses," Shapps said on Twitter.

"The taskforce will implement a testing regime to reduce the
self-isolation period, along with a wide range of other measures
to enable travel whilst keeping #coronavirus rates down."
(Reporting by Alistair Smout and William James; editing by
Stephen Addison)