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UK quarantine hotel portal crashes within minutes of going live

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Passatgers arriving at Heathrow Airport Terminal 5, this TuesdayDANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS

A new system for booking a place in the UK's hotel quarantine scheme was taken offline minutes after it launched. The portal is part of efforts to control new Covid variants. From Monday, the UK and Irish residents arriving in England from 33 countries must isolate in hotels, costing £1,750.