One of the earliest versions of what would become the red numbers story began circulating in Nigeria in 2004. Red numbers stories aren’t quite as complex as, say, Lucia Joaquinor Sad Satan however, they’re more complicated than the old Killer in the Back Seat or the Baby-Sitter and the Man Upstairs stories - and, accordingly, they reflect our fears about the world around us and how those fears are changing with the advent of technology. But they occupy an interesting space, right at the intersection of the kinds of classic urban legends spread by word of mouth and the modern ones designed to take advantage of technology as a means of dispersal.
Of course, red numbers aren’t real they’re a modern urban legend - one that’s proliferated over the past 15 years or so, as mobile phones have become a bigger and bigger part of our lives. They’re called “red” because of the bloody deaths for which they’re said to be responsible. They’re not called “red” simply because of their literal color. These numbers, it’s said, have been responsible for dozens You might, in a word, die, all due to specific sounds and frequencies transmitted over the phone through the call. But more concerning than the color of the numbers is what’s said to happen to you, should you answer a call from one of them. The most obvious reason for their name, of course, is that when they appear on your mobile phone’s display, they show up not as white text on a black screen, or black text on a white screen, but as red - bold, bright red. They’re called red numbers - and although no one knows who owns them, it’s not hard to see how they got their name. There are, it’s said, a set of telephone numbers from which you should never answer any calls. That includes transport to the hotel, security, provision of welfare services and the two PCR tests which must be taken on day two and day eight of the stay.Previously: The Zioptis Foundation’s Dial-A-Trip. The government says this better reflects the costs involved.
An extra adult is £1,430, children aged 5-12 cost £325 and children under five are free. On Wednesday 4 August the price of hotel quarantine increased, so citizens and residents landing in England from a ‘red list’ country now need to pay £2,285 to quarantine in a government-approved hotel. Only UK citizens and residents are able to enter after returning from a red list country anyone else will be refused entry at the border. What happens if you travel to a red list country? Transport Secretary Grant Shapps tweeted: ‘We will keep the red list category in place as a precautionary measure to protect public health and are prepared to add countries and territories back if needed, as the UK’s first line of defence.’ It's also not clear whether the four nations of the UK will follow the same red list.
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