As of yesterday, people arriving from one of 33 'red list' countries deemed at high Covid risk must quarantine. My journey into farce began last Thursday – my flight to Lisbon was on Friday morning – when I tried to book a hotel room for quarantine on my return. I was a red list passenger yet travelling on the same flight – in close contact with – with passengers from countries that are not on the list. That's right – retractable barriers placing the red list passengers in one queue and everyone else right next to them in another queue, less than a foot away. The hotel staff can accept deliveries (including Deliveroo and Just Eat), so I plan to order a bedside lamp, a pot plant and metal cutlery from Amazon.

Source: The Nation February 15, 2021 23:03 UTC