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Richard Chambers

25 Jan, 6 tweets, 2 min read

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Cabinet sub-committee agrees lockdown restrictions to be extended until March 5th.

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🛬 Travel

Mandatory quarantine for:

▶️ People arriving from Covid variant hotspots like Brazil or South Africa.

▶️ People arriving without Not Detected PCR test.

Arriving without Not Detected test could lead to €2,500 fine and/or 6 months in prison.

As reported earlier, increased Garda checkpoints near airports and ports.

If travel is deemed non-essential, people [ie returning holidaymakers] could be fined for breaching the 5km rule.

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Full sign-off and approval on proposals at Cabinet tomorrow.

#COVID19 @VirginMediaNews

Move to full mandatory hotel quarantine for all arrivals not approved by Cabinet sub-committee - but it hasn't been ruled out for the future.

Reports the UK are moving to introduce such measures. theguardian.com/world/2021/jan…

Legislative underpinning for quarantines and fines will take time to put in place, I'm told. As is to be expected.

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"Increased surveillance" needed.

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