The Dutch-flagged ship set sail from Ushuaia, Argentina, on April 1, making stops at remote islands in the South Atlantic before heading north towards Cape Verde, and then Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands, where the remaining passengers disembarked. Following this, the polar exploration cruise ship docked at the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, Europe’s […]
Etichetă: quarantine
Two men fined $3,600 each for leaving quarantine for 1 minute
A pair of migrant workers in Taiwan were slapped with a hefty fine for sneaking out to buy snacks A pair of Indonesian fishermen have been fined NT$100,000 (US$3,610) each by Taiwanese health authorities for leaving their quarantine hotel rooms for just over a minute. The men had arrived in Taiwan by plane on November […]
Pentagon updates Covid-19 quarantine rules
Troops were ordered to be honest about their symptoms and avoid workplace for at least five days after testing positive for the virus The Pentagon will now require that all US troops who have tested positive for Covid-19 and those not vaccinated who had close contact with a Covid-positive person to quarantine for at least […]
Netherlands forces unvaxxed & vaxxed Americans to quarantine
The Dutch government tells both vaccinated and unvaccinated US travellers to observe extended quarantine due to Omicron Fully vaccinated travellers from the United States will now have to undergo 10 days of quarantine in the Netherlands after Amsterdam designated the country a “very high risk” area over a surge in Omicron cases. The US was […]
CDC unveils new Covid-19 quarantine guidance
The US national public health agency halves recommended quarantine time as infections surge The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has cut its guidance for isolation of people newly infected with Covid-19 to five days from 10, saying the virus typically spreads early in the course of illness. The change stems from growing […]
Quarantine extended for Omicron carriers
Israel has increased the quarantine period for people infected with the ‘super-mutant’ Omicron variant of the coronavirus over suspicions they could remain contagious longer than other Covid patients. Starting from Thursday, Omicron carriers will have to quarantine for 14 days, instead of the 10 days mandated for people infected with other strains, the Israeli Health […]
Covid-19 quarantine escapees arrested after manhunt
Australian police have arrested three people who escaped a Covid-19 quarantine compound near Darwin in the Northern Territory. They had all tested negative the day before they broke out. On Wednesday, police alleged that three people had scaled the perimeter fence of the compound in order to break out of the facility situated near Darwin […]
Woman sets Covid quarantine hotel on fire
A woman has been arrested and charged with arson in Queensland, Australia after she reportedly set fire to a hotel where she and her two kids were forced to quarantine for two weeks. The blaze engulfed the top floor of the Pacific Hotel in the northeastern city of Cairns on Sunday morning, forcing an evacuation […]
Military police raid plane to arrest couple trying to flee quarantine
A married couple who fled a quarantine hotel for suspected Omicron strain carriers in the Netherlands have been removed from a flight by the Dutch military police just as their plane was about to take off. The dramatic incident unfolded at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport on board a flight that was set to depart for Spain […]
Top EU ministers in quarantine over positive Covid test
French Prime Minister Jean Castex has tested positive for Covid-19 after returning from a trip to Belgium. Five Belgian ministers, including PM Alexander De Croo, have self-quarantined as a precaution as well. Castex, who is fully vaccinated, announced on Monday that he tested positive for the virus. He will be quarantined for 10 days but […]
‘It’s about fairness’: Germany scraps Covid quarantine compensation for unvaccinated workers
Germany’s Health Minister Jens Spahn has announced that the government will scrap compensation for unvaccinated workers who have to isolate after testing positive for Covid or returning from ‘high risk’ nations. The new mandate will be imposed by Germany’s regional governments in all 16 federal states from October 11, at the latest, according to the […]