Holiday Inn Heathrow Ariel Hotel is set to become an isolation and quarantine facility. The hotel has been block-booked by the Government for use as an isolation and quarantine facility should it be required.
When the hotel is converted it will be used for international visitors to the UK who develop coronavirus symptoms and for UK citizens who have returned home from countries that have had Covid-19 cases.
The Holiday Inn Brent Cross and the Crowne Plaza London Heathrow at Stockley Park are also being converted into isolation units on behalf of the Home Office. They will accommodate asylum seekers who exhibit symptoms associated with Covid-19.
Ironically, Construction Enquirer magazine is reporting a lack of available hotel rooms for travelling construction workers which is proving a major problem as more building sites look to restart.
Hotels have been closed since the lockdown started last month to everyone apart from key workers.