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Govt's hotel quarantine and testing sites remain down

Government
James Chapple
12 February 2021

The government’s hotel quarantine and quarantine testing online booking portals remained down on Friday (12 February) after being taken offline shortly after they were launched on Thursday (11 February).

Hancock and Case joked about the government's hotel quarantine policy (credit: Marten Bjork/Unsplash)

A 10-day mandatory hotel quarantine requirement for travellers arriving from 33 "red list" countries, including much of South America and southern Africa, as well as Portugal and the UAE, will come into effect on Monday (15 February).

Arrivals are required to pre-book their hotel quarantine and testing package before setting off at a cost to them of £1,750.

On Thursday, the website was taken down and replaced with a notice that read: "We’ll be back soon! Sorry for the inconvenience but we’re performing some maintenance at the moment."