I hope they stick to that policy. It will be very unpopular, but it needs to be enforced, especially if parents take children abroad and end up quarantined and consequently out of school.
Some of the interviewees on holiday and now scrambling to get back - saying things like:
Must get back, can't afford to be off school/off work/ isolated.
Just what was in their minds when they booked up to go on holiday in current circumstances? It was always obvious that some form of quarantine on returnees is a possibility. Therefore, factor that into their holiday decisions.
Can't help also thinking that the gap between announcement of policy and implementation is madness.
Just how does it help us to allow people to return from countries which are bad enough now to need self-isolation on return, but allow them not to do so? It isn't as if the changes in the holiday country weren't actually happening while they were there. Like escaping a war or terrorist attack. Where "Phew! Got out just in time." could be a sensible attitude. It was probably bad before they even got there - just delays in identifying infections, counting, making the decisions.
Just how does it help people to scramble back - paying lots of extra for over-crowded flights and cutting short their holidays?
Should make it almost instant. Anyone there might as well stay and return as previously planned. Enjoy (so far as they can) the rest of their holiday. Plan for self-isolation. Return and self-isolate.
What happened to the test-on-return (and again a few days later) that was being touted?
