UK Scraps COVID-19 Hotel Quarantine for Travelers From 11 African Countries

UK Scraps COVID-19 Hotel Quarantine for Travelers From 11 African Countries
Britain's Health Secretary Sajid Javid leaves after a cabinet meeting in Downing Street in central London on Dec. 14, 2021. Tolga Akmen /AFP via Getty Images
Alexander Zhang
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The UK government announced on Tuesday that hotel quarantine for travellers arriving in England will be abandoned.

Under restrictions introduced to slow the spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant, all travellers arriving in the UK from the 11 African countries currently on the UK’s travel “red list” have been required to spend 11 nights in a quarantine hotel at a cost of £2,285 ($3,029) for solo travellers.