Travellers may have be forced to queue for up to five hours as the Government's quarantine hotels comes into force today. Stephanie Lvovich, 50, and her daughter Ava, 13, who flew into Heathrow Airport from Dubai, told The Sun: 'We booked a flight as soon as we heard about the hotel quarantine.' Ahead of the new rules being introduced, Meher Nawab, chief executive of the London Hotel Group, warned that many airport hotels rely on central air flow systems. Mr Nawab also warned that airport hotels often use central air conditioning systems - rather than individual units - and sometimes have windows that cannot be opened. The GMB union, which represents hotel security and staff, also raised concerns about its members interacting with arrivals from 'red listed' countries which are included in the quarantine hotel scheme.

Source: The Nation February 15, 2021 02:03 UTC