Passengers arriving in Ireland via Qatar are also subject to mandatory hotel quarantine
DUBLIN: Hundreds of people, including those who have already gone to India, will have to unexpectedly move to hotel quarantine as they have been added to the mandatory hotel quarantine list along with those arriving in Ireland after traveling to more countries, including Qatar.
Twenty-six additional countries have been added to the list of high-risk countries, including Qatar and Oman. With this, a total of 58 countries have been included in the list of high-risk countries.
Those arriving in Ireland after 4 am on Tuesday, April 6, will be subjected to mandatory hotel quarantine.
The government made the new decision based on the recommendation of the Travel Expert Advisory Group to the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET).
As the list of countries grows, the number of mandatory hotel quarantine passengers is expected to increase significantly in the coming days. Earlier, 33 countries were listed in “category two.”
Category 2 includes countries where corona virus variants are prevalent and COVID-19 cases are more than 500 per 100,000.
Failure to comply with quarantine rules could result in passengers being fined €2,000 or imprisoned for up to a month.
26 countries newly added to the list are:
the Republic of Albania
the Principality of Andorra
Aruba
the Kingdom of Bahrain
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
the State of Israel
the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
the Republic of Kosovo
the State of Kuwait
the Republic of Lebanon
the Republic of San Marino
the Republic of Moldova
the Principality of Monaco
Montenegro
the Federal Republic of Nigeria
the Republic of North Macedonia
the Sultanate of Oman
the State of Palestine
the Republic of the Philippines
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
the State of Qatar
Saint Lucia
the Republic of Serbia
the Federal Republic of Somalia
the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands
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