UK government defends Spain quarantine move

UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Sunday defended the government's decision to re-introduce quarantine measures on travellers from Spain at short notice. "We must be able to take swift, decisive action... where we see we must take action. Otherwise, we risk re-infection into the UK, potentially a second wave here and then another lockdown," he said in an interview on Sky News' Sophy Ridge On Sunday programme.

But the opposition Labour Party's shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth condemnded the move, calling it "shambolic". The government put Spain back on its unsafe list on Saturday, announcing that travellers arriving in the UK from that country must quarantine for 14 days.