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A draft law imposing a compulsory period of quarantine for people travelling to the Netherlands from countries with a high proportion of Covid-19 from May 15 has been criticised by MPs for being inefficient and impossible to police.
To make sure people are sticking to the rules, officials say a special team will make random checks on travellers by phone and determine if they are at home, based on ‘background noise’, such as the sound of a train or a till in a shop.
If there is a suspicion the person is not at home, a council official will come to the house to make sure. If the person is absent the local mayor will be asked to put the wheels in motion to fine them €339.