Cabinet ministers and scientists say more protection needed against unknown variants entering UK
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Boris Johnson is facing increasing pressure from cabinet ministers and scientists to impose blanket border control measures against Covid instead of his preferred option of a targeted approach as experts warned that this may not protect the UK from importing further mutations.
Ministers are to meet on Tuesday to weigh up the merits of a border policy which could require all new arrivals, including British citizens, to quarantine at their own expense in government-supervised hotels.
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