First guests forced to stay in £1,750 quarantine are finally released from ‘prison’ hotels.

The first guests forced to stay in £1,750 quarantine are finally released from 'prison’ hotels

Around 1,200 people are staying in the government-approved quarantine hotels.

Guests forced to stay in quarantine hotels raced out of their rooms just after midnight as soon as their 10-day isolation periods ended.

Frustrated travellers, who arrived on the first day of the mandatory scheme, could have waited until the morning but decided to leave at midnight to avoid spending any more time in the hotel one described as “a prison”.

From last Monday, UK and Irish nationals returning to England from countries deemed at high risk for Covid-19 have had to self-isolate in some specific hotels, paying £1,750 per person for their stay.

Those who breach the quarantine rules can receive fine of up to £10,000 or 10 years in prison.

The rule applies to people returning to Scotland from any destination.

Guests are released from quarantine at Heathrow's Radisson Blu Edwardian hotel.

Norman and Ruth Conway say they are looking forward to "walking around their garden" and "not being escorted everywhere."

Eritza East leaves quarantine at Heathrow’s Radisson Blu Edwardian hotel with her three children. She reveals the hotel was comfortable but says she is looking forward to seeing her husband.

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