UK PM Johnson says quarantine vital to prevent COVID-19 reinfection

LONDON, June 3 (Reuters) - Quarantine measures Britain plans
to introduce for almost all international travellers from June 8
are vital to ensure the country's rate of COVID-19 infection
does not increase again, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on
Wednesday.

Asked by a lawmaker in parliament why Britain was
introducing the steps now, just as many other countries are
lifting quarantine rules, Johnson said: "As we get the rate of
infection down, with the efforts that we are making as a
country, it is vital that we avoid reinfection."

Johnson also said the government was looking at all the ways
it could support the aviation sector, which has been
particularly hard hit by the coronavirus outbreak.
(Reporting by Kylie MacLellan and Elizabeth Piper; editing by
Stephen Addison)