All UK arrivals in EU should be quarantined, says Angela Merkel

German leader's comments come as disease control agency says Delta variant will account for 90% of EU cases by end of August

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Angela Merkel has said travellers from the UK should be quarantined wherever they arrive in the EU, as the union's agency for disease control forecast that the Delta variant of Covid will account for 90% of cases in member states by the end of August.

Ahead of Thursday's summit with fellow EU leaders, the German chancellor said she wanted better coordination to fight the spread of the highly transmissible variant that has surfaced strongly in the UK and is now bedding down in the bloc.