News updates: UK records 1,735 new coronavirus cases; England announces no changes to travel corridor rules today; Wales adds Portugal and some Greek islands to quarantine list * Nicola Sturgeon says Scottish R number could be as high as 1.4 * Mass weekly testing of population to be trialled in England * Childcare crisis risks pushing women out of workforce, says TUC * Global coronavirus updates – live 6.17pm BST Related: Coronavirus live news: France registers more than 7,000 cases for second day; minister rules out Spain lockdown 5.42pm BST VAUGHAN GETHING, the health minister in the Welsh government, has announced that Wales is adding mainland Portugal to its quarantine list. That means holidaymakers returning to Wales from there after 4am tomorrow morning will have to self-isolate for 14 days. Gething announced his move shortly after the UK government (for these purposes, the English government) announced that Portugal was not being added to England’s quarantine list today. (See 5.12pm.) This action is being taken as a result of a large number of cases of coronavirus have been imported into Wales from tourists returning from the Greek islands, in particular. In the last week, there have been more than 20 cases confirmed in passengers on one flight from Zante to Cardiff. Continue reading...
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