MINISTERS haven’t signed ANY quarantine deals with hotels just days away from the launch – as it’s estimated 200,000 will fly into the UK from variant hotspots by next week. It came after Piers Morgan got into a fiery row with Health Minister Ed Agar over the new quarantine regime which is due to start in a week’s time. 🦠 Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news & updates Anyone coming in from at least 30 ‘red list’ countries must isolate for 10 days inside their hotel – and they can only be released with two negative tests. It’s designed to stop the more transmissible mutant variants of Covid from grabbing hold in Britain and spreading like wildfire. But it’s predicted that nearly 200,000 passengers from countries with mutant Covid strain are set to arrive in UK before the start of hotel quarantine next week.Today Piers gave the minister a fierce dressing down for failing to know if any deal was signed. This afternoon No10 confirmed no deals had yet been agreed with hotels – just a week away from the launch. Ministers only put out the contracts for hotels on Friday, urging groups to come forward. Earlier… Read full this story
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