UK residents arriving in England from so-called “red list” countries need to self-isolate in hotels for 10 days as part of Covid rules; all other arrivals are banned.
So what does the experience feel like? Wiehann Meyer travelled from South Africa to London with a friend to start a job on the first day the policy came in – he’s just finished his quarantine and he kept this video diary for us, to show people what it’s like.
Video by Caroline Davies and Dougal Shaw