Hotel Quarantine Comes Into Force in UK

Hotel Quarantine Comes Into Force in UK
A woman gestures from her window towards reporters outside the Radison Blu hotel after arriving at Heathrow airport, and now quarantining, in London, on Feb. 15, 2021. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
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New rules requiring some incoming passengers to quarantine in hotels came into force in the UK on Monday morning.

The UK government announced the measure earlier this month in order to prevent variants of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, also known as the novel coronavirus, from entering the country.