People returning from any of the 33 'high-risk' countries where travel to Britain is banned must pay 1,750 pounds as a 10-day quarantine hotel package.
After being taken by a bus to government-contracted hotels, they must spend most of the time in their rooms and have meals delivered to their door.
Reuters Photographers Hannah McKay and Toby Melville capture the travellers's emotions through their lenses.
IMAGE: A woman arrives at the Radisson Blu Hotel at Heathrow airport as Britain introduces hotel quarantine programme for arrivals from a 'red list', February 15, 2021. Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters
IMAGE: A lady under quarantine waves from a window of the Radisson Blu Hotel. Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters
IMAGE: A person holds a sign from a window at the Radisson Blu Hotel. Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters
IMAGE: Another person holds a sign from a window of the Radisson Blu Hotel. Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters
IMAGE: Mohammed Mostafa and Mohamed Noor, men who are quarantining, take their daily exercises outside the Holiday Inn Hotel near Heathrow airport. Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters
IMAGE: A person holds a handwritten sign at a window of the Radisson Blu Hotel. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters
Concept: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com
Presentation: Ashish Narsale/Rediff.com
