Carry on camping: Tents may prove safer than a hotel, UK health chief says

The deputy chief medical officer promised to give careful thought to whether campsites could reopen sooner than hotels and other accommodation.

Coronavirus could turn Britain into a nation of happy campers after health officials said campsites or caravan parks could prove to be lower risk than a hotel for a holiday.

The UK's deputy chief medical officer Professor Jonathan Van-Tam said it is a “biological truism” that being outdoors is safer than being in an enclosed space with people potentially carrying the virus.