Travellers arriving in England face up to 10 years in jail for hiding the fact that they have come from a coronavirus hotspot, under tough new rules coming into force on Monday.
Under plans set out by health secretary Matt Hancock, all international arrivals to England will have to take two Covid tests during their 10-day quarantine period.
And all UK nationals arriving from 33 “red list” countries will be required to spend their quarantine in a government-designated hotel, where they will be charged £1,750 for their stay.
Foreign nationals are already banned from travelling direct to the UK from the red-list countries, which are linked to outbreaks of dangerous mutations of Covid-19.
The Scottish government announced it was going…