Fully vaccinated travellers to be exempt from hotel quarantine, says minister
PA Media 10 hrs ago By Rebecca Black, PA © Brian Lawless Travellers leave a bus outside the Crowne Plaza hotel, near Dublin Airport, where they will stay during a mandatory 12-day quarantine after arriving from one of 33 high risk countries (Brian Lawless/PA)
People who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 are to be exempted from mandatory hotel quarantine, the health minister has confirmed.
Stephen Donnelly said legal regulations will be required to enact the decision.
“The Government decision last week was for a rapid review to be conducted. I have now received advice from the Acting Chief Medical Officer, which I have accepted,” he said.
Fully vaccinated travellers to be exempt from hotel quarantine, says minister
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Apr 13, 2021 8:13 PM
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has confirmed that bookings have been paused on the State’s mandatory hotel quarantine system. Sources have said the pause will last for four days.
As The Irish Times reports, Mr Donnelly said that airlines will be contacted and asked not to let passengers on from high risk countries who do not have a booking on the system.
He was responding after it emerged that the reservation system for the State’s mandatory hotel quarantine system is not accepting bookings until next Monday.
“The department is operating on a precautionary principle. The hotel quarantine system has only been in place for 18 days, believe it or not. We have gone from 33 countries up to I think it’s 71 countries now.