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Heathrow hotel 'to be designated coronavirus quarantine centre'

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Gary Noakes
17 February 2020

A Holiday Inn hotel near Heathrow is to be used as a coronavirus quarantine centre, it has emerged.

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The property, on Bath Road, to the northern side of the airport, is known as the Holiday Inn London – Heathrow Ariel. 

The Independent reports the hotel has been block-booked “until March at the earliest”, with guests having been transferred to nearby sister hotels.

A spokesperson for the hotel told the newspaper there had been no cases of coronavirus at the hotel but confirmed it was closed.

Last Saturday, a United Airlines flight from San Francisco was held on a remote stand at Heathrow while a passenger suspected of having the virus was isolated.