New rules requiring some incoming passengers to quarantine in hotels came into force in the UK on Monday morning. The UK government announced the measure earlier this month in order to prevent variants of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, also known as the novel coronavirus, from entering the country. From Monday, people arriving in England from 33 countries on the UK’s “red list”, including southern Africa, South America, Portugal and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), must enter the country through a designated port and have pre-booked a quarantine package to stay at one of the government’s managed quarantine facilities. The UK government said it had reached deals with 16 hotels so far, providing 4,963 rooms for the quarantine system, with a further 58,000 rooms currently on standby. “As this deadly virus evolves, so must our defences,” said Britain’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock. “The rules coming into force today will …