Europe facing a second wave of COVID-19, says UK health minister
Britain’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock said he was worried about a second wave of coronavirus infections in Europe and that the government would not hesitate to act to bring back quarantine measures if necessary to keep Britain safe.
“I am worried about a second wave. I think you can see a second wave starting to roll across Europe, and we’ve got to do everything we can to prevent it from reaching these shores, and to tackle it,” Hancock said during an interview on Sky News.
Britain re-imposed a 14-day quarantine period on people arriving from Spain last week, which was criticized by the aviation industry and Spanish authorities
Other European countries favoured by British tourists for summer holidays, such as France, remain exempt from quarantine measures as things stand but have seen a rise in infections, leading to fears that they too would soon be subject to quarantine measures.
