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U.K. to Decide on Flight Quarantine as Deaths Near 100,000

  • Johnson to meet with ministers to consider hotel plan Tuesday
  • Steps needed to stop new Covid variants entering, Hancock says
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Boris Johnson is expected to announce the government’s plan for quarantining travelers arriving in the U.K. to stop the spread of new coronavirus strains from overseas.

The prime minister will chair a meeting of senior ministers on Tuesday to weigh up options for requiring new arrivals to isolate in hotels.