The British government intends to impose a 14-day mandatory stone on most of those arriving on international flights to Britain, to avoid a second wave of the Corona pandemic, despite the growing pressure to ease restrictions applied to combat the virus.

With the exception of flights coming from Ireland, all passengers arriving to Britain by air, sea or land must remain in quarantine for two weeks, as the British Times wrote.

The newspaper said that Prime Minister Boris Johnson will announce in a speech today Sunday that travelers arriving at airports and ports, including British returnees from abroad, will have to isolate themselves for 14 days.

The newspaper report indicated that, according to procedures that will take effect in early June, the arrivals upon arrival will provide the addresses in which they will reside during the period of self-isolation.

The newspaper stated that regular checks will be made in the addresses provided by travelers with possible penalties, a fine of 1,000 pounds (1,100 euros) and expulsion.

"These measures will help protect the British and limit the transmission of the virus while we move to the next stage of our response to the pandemic," the Times quoted a government source as saying.

The Prime Minister's Office declined to comment on the "Times" report and a spokeswoman for the Interior Ministry said, "We do not comment on the leaks."

Today, Johnson is slated to announce the next steps in Britain's battle against the emerging corona virus, after ministers have reviewed the measures currently in place, which have nearly shut down the economy and kept millions of people in homes for more than six weeks.

"There will be no fundamental changes overnight and we will be very careful when we relax the current restrictions because the data we provide daily prove that we are not yet out of the difficult period," said Environment Minister George Ustis, observing caution.

British airport operators said they feared that the quarantine could double the severe damage to the air transport industry, as it would make people avoid travel to Britain after lifting restrictions on public isolation.

The BBC quoted government sources and the airline industry, UKU, as saying that the measure would be effective from the end of May.

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