Passengers arriving into the North from designated red-list countries will have to undergo hotel quarantine, it has been confirmed.  The isolation arrangements have been put in place ahead of the return of international flights to local airports.  

The online booking portal, run by the Department of Health, opened on Friday.  

Any passengers who has been in, or transited through a “red list” country in the previous 10 days must book and pay for a managed isolation package before making any other travel arrangements, the Department said.  

The price for one adult in one room for 10 days costs £1,750 (€2,020), with an additional day rate of £152.  The additional rate for one adult, or child over 12, is £650, while the additional rate for child aged five to 12 is £325.  

Anyone arriving into Belfast City and Belfast International airports from the “red-list” countries will have to quarantine.