"The Coronavirus Act 2020 gives powers of detention for screening & assessment for 48 hours, for isolation for up to 14 days at a time and to demand information in order to trace others, and all with no need for anything more than a suspicion of infection"
https://laworfiction.com/2020/08/test-trace-and-detain/
"The Act also empowers police officers to detain people suspected of having Covid-19. The point at which these powers will begin to be used will be when the Secretary of State of Health, Matt Hancock, decides the public are not exercising what he referred to as their ‘civic duty'
"Indeed, a police officer can enter your home or any premises at will in order to exercise these various powers relating to screening, assessment and detention."
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