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Escape from Hotel Quarantine! Guest who filmed his dash for freedom and 'fresh air' goes on 'HUNGER STRIKE' over being 'held under duress' inside Radisson Blu at Heathrow
- New rules since Monday mean people arriving in England must quarantine in a hotel for ten days for £1,750
- Policy applies if travellers have been to country with high Covid risk, such as Portugal, South Africa or Brazil
- Some have likened conditions to 'prison' while others are being escorted outside to smoke and stroll around
- YouGov poll finds 90% of Britons are in favour of scheme, while 72% think rules should apply to all UK arrivals
A British father-of-one tried to break out of a quarantine hotel near London Heathrow Airport this morning and has gone on hunger strike after claiming he is being held there 'under duress', MailOnline can reveal.
Anthony Pium, 30, from Leyton, East London, was involved in an angry confrontation with security guards as he tried to force his way out of the Radisson Blu Edwardian hotel 'to get some fresh air'.
An exclusive video filmed by Mr Pium shows him being forced back into the hotel. Security guards surrounded him and pushed him back as he asked to be allowed out for some air and repeatedly told them to social distance.
It comes after new rules introduced on Monday mean people arriving in England must quarantine in a hotel for ten days at a cost of £1,750 if they have been to a country with a high Covid risk, such as Portugal or Brazil.
But Mr Pium today told MailOnline of his anguish of been detained at Heathrow last night, after he flew in from Sao Paulo, where he was working for his travel agency Sky Fly Travel. He said: 'I am being held under duress. I have not willingly signed any form that consents to me being held in quarantine at a hotel because of the Covid crisis.'
Coronavirus UK: London man in quarantine goes on 'hunger strike' | Daily Mail Online