British travellers arriving back from high-risk coronavirus hotspots will be made to change their own bed sheets and eat meals in their rooms in an ‘entirely contactless and 수원셔츠룸 sterile experience’ as they are forced to quarantine in airport hotels.
Boris Johnson will today sign off on plans to toughen border controls by putting new arrivals into isolation, at their own expense – with a ten-day stay costing up to £1,500.
Rob Paterson, chief executive of Best Western hotels group, said the industry was ready to assist protocols of quarantining international arrivals, which would see guests confined to their rooms, with three meals delivered each day to their doors.
He said the franchise could mobilise hotels for quarantining travellers returning to the UK, with 5,000 rooms ready ‘within 24 to 48 hours’ and said it would be an ‘entirely contactless and sterile experience’.
Describing what life will be like for guests paying around £100-a-night, he said hotels will operate a one-way system, with travellers checking in via a contactless system before being escorted to their room by a staff member in PPE.
They then remain there for ten days, with CCTV cameras in corridors to ensure no one breaks the rules.
The Prime Minister last night said he wanted ‘maximum possible protection against reinfection from abroad’ to prevent new coronavirus variants jeopardising the vaccination programme.
At a meeting later, Cabinet ministers will consider making it compulsory for all travellers to quarantine at hotels, regardless of their nationality and where they come from.
Arrivals will be taken by bus to the accommodation where they stay at their own expense for ten days under the supervision of security guards.
Government sources last night said the enforced quarantine regime will be introduced for British nationals returning from high-risk countries where new strains of the virus have been detected, such as South Africa and Brazil.
Foreign nationals are already barred from entering the UK from these countries.
Ministers will then look to widen the compulsory hotel quarantine requirement to cover more travellers.
Officials warned it will be ‘logistically challenging’ to put the system in place and 인계동셔츠룸 it could take as long as three weeks to get it up and 인계동가라오케 running.
Concerns have been raised that there are only 10,000 hotel rooms close to London’s Heathrow airport.
About 8,000 people are still arriving there every day, 인계동가라오케 although this number would be expected to plummet once the new restrictions are introduced.
Best Western hotels will operate a one-way system, with travellers checking in via a contactless system before being escorted to their room by a staff member in PPE.
They then remain there for ten days, with CCTV cameras in corridors to ensure no one breaks the rules. Pictured, The Best Western Chiswick Palace and Suites near Heathrow
Rob Paterson, chief executive of Best Western hotels group, said the industry was ready to assist protocols of quarantining international arrivals, which would see guests confined to their rooms, with three meals delivered each day to their doors
Arrivals, such as those at Heathrow (pictured: Arrivals at Heathrow last week) will be taken by bus to the accommodation where they stay at their own expense for ten days under the supervision of security guards
The UK yesterday recorded another 30,004 Covid cases, down almost a quarter on last Sunday, and a further 610 deaths
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