The UK government confirmed on Friday that mandatory hotel quarantine will be introduced on Feb. 15 for all passengers arriving from hotspots of CCP virus variants. From Feb. 15, anyone travelling to the UK from a country on the UK’s travel ban list will be required to quarantine in a government-approved facility for a period of 10 days, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said in a statement. The new quarantine rule will apply to UK and Irish nationals arriving from 33 countries on the government’s “red list,” which include southern Africa, South America, Portugal, and the United Arab Emirates. The travel bans had been put in place over concerns that the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus variants first found in South Africa and Brazil, which scientists believe may be more transmissible and more resistant to antibodies, could reduce the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines. Britain’s main opposition Labour party …