Troops quarantine for two weeks before they are deployed there and self-isolate for two weeks on arrival. News they may not be vaccinated first comes as British forces serve in countries that have had virus outbreaks and high rates of cases. Former head of the British Army Lord Dannatt and chairman of the Defence Select Committee Tobias Ellwood said the Ministry of Defence has a duty of care to the troops they could deploy to Covid hotspots. Soldiers must isolate in barracks before they leave the UK and a negative PCR test is required 92 hours prior to deployment. The father of one of the soldiers said: “It is extremely worrying to my wife and myself to know that my son is going to a country where Covid-19 is completely out of control.