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First day of mandatory quarantine in UK hotels. Britons who come to their country from nations with high levels of the new strains of the coronavirus will have to quarantine in hotel establishments from today. The measure has been very controversial but the government is determined to comply with the maximum guarantees.
The new hotel quarantine system appears to be running smoothly within hours of its introduction, the Health Secretary Matt Hancock. The executive measure applies to nationals from countries such as Brazil and South Africa, who will have to be isolated for 10 days in a hotel room. “At 6.30, when I got my last update, this is running smoothly, we’ve been working with the airports and border force to make sure everyone is aware of the process,” Hancock told Times Radio.
The Boris Johnson Government hopes that over a thousand UK residents (affects British, UK residents and Irish nationals) arrive each day from places on a ‘red list’ where new variants of the coronavirus are widespread. These travelers will be required to stay in a chosen hotel and they will have to bear the cost of accommodation, while there will be security personnel to control that none of these people leave the establishments.
The cost of the invoice
Average spending per isolated person is expected to is over 1,700 pounds. Before traveling to the UK, they will need to book and pay for a quarantine package that includes hotel, transport and tests. Upon arrival in the UK, travelers will be escorted to a designated hotel for 10 days, during which time two tests will be administered (on days 2 and 8 of their stay). If they test positive for COVID-19 in that time, they will have to stay longer. People will be obliged to stay in their rooms and isolate themselves from other guests and staff. Security will be implemented to ensure compliance, according to Forbes.
The sanctions
The penalties for those who fail to comply range from 1,000 pounds for any international arrival that does not take a mandatory test to 10,000 pounds for those who do not follow the quarantine if they arrive from one of the 33 countries on the list.
The UK is making progress on its immunization plan and has already provided the vaccine to more than 15 million people, Despite this, the Health Minister said that the numbers of deaths and hospitalizations are still too high. With almost a quarter of the UK population now inoculated with a first dose of a vaccine against the coronavirus in just over two months, Johnson is under pressure from some MPs and companies to reopen the closed economy.
Quarantines in hotels is a measure that has been implemented in countries such as Australia, New Zealand and China And it has worked, helping to reduce travel and thus protecting the population against the spread of new strains.
The United Kingdom, one of the countries most affected by the coronavirus and the European nation with the most deaths from the covid, believes that there is still a lot of passenger traffic on its borders. So said the Minister of the Interior, Priti Patel: “There are still too many people entering and leaving our country every day. The rules are clear: people must stay home unless they have a valid reason to leave. Going on vacation is not a valid reason ”.
In this sense, the government has asked that anyone traveling abroad justify the reason for their journey. If it is considered that there is no compelling argument, he may be asked to return or prevented from leaving. Likewise, the police presence in ports and airports has been increased.
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