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THE government’s sudden decision to take Spain off the Covid-19 safe list had left holidaymakers “confused and distressed,” shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth said today.
His comments came after Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said that the government would not apologise for reimposing strict quarantine rules at short notice on travellers returning from Spain.
Ministers announced on Saturday that holidaymakers who had not returned from Spain and its islands by midnight would be forced to quarantine for 14 days.
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