The United Kingdom now has one of the highest COVID-19 death rates per capita in the world. One way to stop the spread has been gaining attention — put people in hotels to quarantine. Travelers now flying into Britain — from 30 countries — will soon have to stay in a government-selected isolation hotel at their own cost. The World’s Europe correspondent Orla Barry reports.
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