Less than a quarter of people who filled out passenger locater forms upon arrival into Ireland between August and November received follow-up calls to confirm they were restricting their movements, Department of Health data show. More than 445,000 Covid-19 passenger locater forms were filled out between August 26th, when the electronic system came into effect, and November 6th. It is an offence not to fill out the Covid-19 passenger locator form, which was introduced to allow tracing of confirmed or suspected Covid-19 cases. Three cases of passengers refusing to complete their passenger locator form have been referred from the Border Management Unit to the Garda National Immigration Bureau, the department said. ‘Stay at home’Speaking on Monday, Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney urged people abroad considering flying back to Ireland for Christmas to “ stay at home”.

Source: The Irish Times November 16, 2020 14:56 UTC