london britain is to introduce a 14day quarantine period for almost everyone arriving into the country to avoid a second peak of the coronavirus pandemic the times newspaper reported on saturdayit said prime minister boris johnson will say in an address to the nation on sunday that passengers arriving at airports and ports including britons returning from abroad will have to selfisolate for a fortnightaccording to the report under measures that are likely to come into force in early june travellers will have to provide the address at which they will selfisolate on arrivalthese measures will help protect the british public and reduce the transmission of the virus as we move into the next phase of our response the times quoted a government source as sayingbritains covid19 death toll rose to 31241 on friday