The majority of those required to quarantine will arrive at Heathrow, but its bosses yesterday said that ‘significant gaps’ about how the scheme would operate remain. Immigration officials also predicted long queues at the border while the Government faced accusations of failing to conduct risk assessments to ensure staff at the quarantine hotels were protected from infection. The majority of those required to quarantine will arrive at Heathrow, but its bosses yesterday said that ‘significant gaps’ about how the scheme would operate remain. Nadine Houghton, from the GMB union which represents UK hotel and security staff, claimed the Government had ‘left it too late in the day to make sure workers on the front line in quarantine hotels are adequately protected’. Travellers who need to quarantine have to book a hotel room through the Government’s website, which crashed last week but was running normally yesterday.

Source: The Nation February 14, 2021 02:03 UTC