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IATA criticizes UK's quarantine decision

27 July 2020 18:52 (UTC +04:00)

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) criticized the United Kingdom on Monday for deciding to impose a mandatory quarantine for all travelers coming from Spain, APA reports citing Teletrader.

"This is a big setback for consumer confidence that is essential to drive a recovery," IATA said in a statement and noted the action "does not accurately reflect the risk of a regional spike in one corner of the country."

Over the weekend, UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab announced people entering Britain from Spain will have to go into isolation due to the recent jump in coronavirus cases in the south European country.