Question
Clive Efford
Labour
Eltham
Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with (a) NHS England and (b) SAGE on the potential risk of outbreaks of new variants of covid-19 originating from people who are in quarantine in hotels having recently arrived from abroad; and if he will make a statement.
This answer is the replacement for a previous holding answer.
Answered on
7 July 2021
There have been no specific discussions with NHS England or the Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies.
However, Public Health England has risk assessed guest journeys and advised the Managed Quarantine Service on the public health mitigations which should be applied. This is regularly reviewed.
Answered by
Department of Health and Social Care
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