Britain sets out review criteria for travel quarantine plans

LONDON, June 2 (Reuters) - Britain will review its
quarantine procedures based on the economic impact they are
having and actions being taken by other countries as ministers
try to limit the risk of importing new coronavirus cases, the
government said in a statement.

Ministers have set out plans to quarantine most
international arrivals from June 8 as part of efforts to
minimise the risk of a second wave of COVID-19. Airlines have
warned the plans will devastate their industry.

Formally publishing the rules it announced last month
, the interior ministry said the system would be
reviewed on June 29 to check it remained effective and
necessary.

A Home Office statement said the review would look at
factors such as the rates of infection and transmission
overseas, the credibility of such data, and how international
peers with more relaxed border controls were doing.

In addition, the ministry said it would "continue to take
account of the impact on the economy and industry."

The government is also looking at how it can safely increase
travel by creating international travel corridors that dispense
with the need for quarantine periods.

(Reporting by William James; editing by Stephen Addison)