Three travellers staying in mandatory hotel quarantine have tested positive for Covid-19 and have been moved to a ‘Covid wing’ within the Crowne Plaza Hotel near Dublin Airport. The positive cases were detected as part of the first tests of visitors who arrive into the mandatory quarantine facility, a HSE source has confirmed. These are the first cases of the disease to be detected since the mandatory hotel quarantine system came into effect last week. The number of travellers facing mandatory hotel quarantine looks set to rise substantially after it was recommended that a further 43 countries should be added to the high-risk country list. Currently, Austria is the only country in the European Union or Europe on the list of countries from which travellers must undergo mandatory hotel quarantine.

Source: The Irish Times March 30, 2021 14:28 UTC