The Government has announced travellers arriving from 'high-risk' countries will need to spend their isolation in ‘quarantine hotels’.
People arriving in the UK will now be met at the airport and transported to 'government provided accommodation'.
This will include hotels, reports the Mirror.
Similar hotels already exist in Australia and New Zealand, which see travellers escorted from airports to the hotels, where they must stay in their room for the full self-isolation period.
However, the new quarantine hotels won’t be mandatory for all UK arrivals - just those who are travelling back from the 30 countries.
Travel is already banned completely for non-Brits who have been in those 30 countries in the last 30 days.
This will run alongside other rules for UK arrivals such as being required to take a Covid-19 test 72 hours before departure with proof of a negative result.
Full list of countries included in 'quarantine hotels' policy
- Angola
- Argentina
- Bolivia
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Cape Verde
- Chile
- Colombia
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Ecuador
- Eswatini
- French Guiana
- Guyana
- Lesotho
- Malawi
- Mauritius
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Portugal (including Madeira and the Azores)
- Seychelles
- South Africa
- Suriname
- Tanzania
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
It's worth noting that regardless of which destination someone has travelled from, UK arrivals need to quarantine.
Travel corridors have been temporarily suspended, which means anyone arriving into the UK will need to quarantine for 10 days.
However, if they're arriving from a destination not on the 'quarantine hotel list', they'll be asked to confirm the address of where they will be self-isolating.
There are some legally permitted reasons to go abroad such as for work purposes - you can read more in the FCDO travel advice.
