The Penta Hotel in central Reading which is being used as a Government hotel quarantine facility has been the source of several cases of Covid-19 in the community as members of staff have caught the disease. Now Reading Council is asking the Department of Health and Social Care urgently to close the facility. Please click here for a more detailed account .
Latest: 17 June 2021: The quarantine facility at the Penta Hotel in Reading will close on 30 June, according to the BBC. The hotel will then be deep cleaned and returned to its usual function.