Britain Will Make Citizens Quarantine at Hotels at Their Own Expense
The move, which comes as Britain is swamped by a fast-spreading variant of the coronavirus, will require British citizens arriving from 22 high-risk countries to quarantine for 10 days.
A hotel at Heathrow Airport in London on Tuesday.Credit...Andrew Couldridge/Reuters
Jan. 27, 2021
LONDON — Britain, swamped by a fast-spreading coronavirus variant and desperate to keep other mutations out of the country, tightened its travel restrictions on Wednesday, requiring British citizens arriving from 22 high-risk countries to quarantine in hotels for 10 days at their own expense.
The policy edges Britain closer to the strict hotel quarantines imposed by Australia and several Asian countries. But it falls short of a blanket requirement, drawing criticism that it will not seal off the country from dangerous new variants, even as it cripples the already wounded travel and aviation industries.