Hotel quarantine rollout in England 'an absolute joke', says border official

Border Force sources say staff given less than three hours to digest guidance on new checksCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBorder staff received guidelines on how to execute England’s new “red list” quarantine rules in an email two and a half hours before they came into force in a rollout that one worker described as “an absolute joke”.British and Irish nationals or UK residents arriving from a list of 33 countries are now required to book a 10-day quarantine package costing £1,750 per adult, as the government seeks to limit the spread of new and potentially more dangerous coronavirus variants arriving from abroad. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/15/hotel-quarantine-rollout-in-england-an-absolute-joke-says-border-official #coronavirus #air_transport #heathrow_airport #uk_news