The long-delayed hotel quarantine policy for some England arrivals will begin next week, in an attempt to control the spread of Covid-19 infections and stop new virus variants entering the country.
UK and Irish residents arriving in England from 33 countries including Portugal, South Africa and Brazil now face a mandatory quarantine period of 10 days at an airport hotel – costing them £1,750 – from Monday.
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The three-part quarantine-testing-enforcement policy is based on arrivals to England. Non-essential travel is currently banned across the UK, including trips abroad.
Currently, foreign nationals from high-risk countries, such as South Africa,…