Sixteen women have reportedly filed complaints of sexual harassment after returning to the UK hotels from red list countries. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) confirmed female guards will be assigned to lone women where possible. Former hotel quarantine guest Sarah, 23, was critical of the government's plan to have two male guards chaperone each other when a female guard wasn't available. According to the BBC, another woman said she received 13 Facebook messages from a hotel guard who called her "dear" and "sweetheart". Another complainant, Marie Sidwell, a 28-year-old nurse from Nottingham, returned to hotel quarantine after working throughout the pandemic in Dubai.

Source: Daily Mirror July 22, 2021 14:31 UTC