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UK coronavirus LIVE: Five more countries added to UK quarantine list as death toll rises by 18

France has been added to the UK's travel quarantine list, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced.

The Netherlands, Monaco, Malta, Turks & Caicos & Aruba have also been added to the list and travellers must quarantine for 14 days if they arrive in the UK from these countries after 4am on Saturday.

Announcing the move late on Thursday night, the Foreign Office has now warned against all but essential travel to France due to coronavirus fears.

It comes as the Covid-19 death toll in the UK rose by 18. The latest figures showed a total of 313,798 people had tested positive for the virus, a rise of 1,009 on the previous day.

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