Αssociated Press reports from London that Britain’s newly established quarantine hotels received their first guests on Monday as the government tries to prevent new coronavirus variants from derailing a fast-moving vaccination drive that has delivered more than 15 million shots in ten weeks.
Passengers arriving at London’s Heathrow Airport were escorted by security guards to buses that took them to nearby hotels.
Some of the travelers noted they had tried and failed to make it to Britain before Monday to avoid the quarantine.
Britain has given the first dose of coronavirus vaccine to almost a quarter of its population, but health officials are concerned that vaccines may not work as well on some new strains of the virus, including one first identified in South Africa.
Under the new rules, residents of the U.K. and Ireland arriving in England from 33 high-risk countries must stay in designated hotels for 10 days at their own expense, with meals delivered to their door. In Scotland, the rule applies to arrivals from any country.
Critics, however, say Britain’s quarantine hotels are being set up too late, with the South African variant already circulating in the U.K.
Read the full report at thenationalherald.com
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