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epidemiologist professor ben cowling is currently on day 19 of 21 in quarantine in hong kong. in hong kong we are still aiming for no cases in the community which means these hotels are the first line of defence, but in the uk you have a lot of cases in the community and you are aiming to get rid of all the public health measures eventually. so quarantine hotels are one of those measures i think won t be lee ? needed in the long term. others disagree. it s absolutely sending out the wrong message about where we are in the pandemic. right now we need to be adding restrictions, not easing them, and keep them in place. things will get worse before they get better. at the height of the pandemic, quarantine hotels aim to shut us off from the rest of the world. the decision today suggest the government no longer thinks the world is such a threat. caroline davies, bbc news.