3 years, 11 months ago

Hotel quarantine: Ministers yet to sign a single contract for use of rooms with just a WEEK to go

Ministers have yet to secure a single hotel room for use in a new enforced quarantine plan that is due to come into force in just a week's time, it was revealed today. Britain's hotel quarantine scheme came under fresh criticism on Sunday when it emerged 35 countries where mutant coronavirus strains have been found are not on the list Boris Johnson today suggested that border controls might be toughened even further as case numbers fall in the UK 'They are most effective, border controls, when you've got the rate of infection down in your country,' he said on a visit to a vaccine hub in Derbyshire. Earlier this week, the Government confirmed that all passengers from 33 'red list' countries would have to quarantine for ten days in a hotel from February 15 The WHO analysis, which was reported by the Sunday Times, also found that the Brazilian Covid strain has been found in ten nations, six of which have not been added to the UK red list. Mr Thomas-Symonds said: 'These revelations expose the fact that - as Labour warned - the UK Government's quarantine measures will continue to leave us completely exposed to emerging strains of the virus. The news came after it emerged on Friday night that passengers arriving in Britain from countries not on the Covid hotspot list could have to take up to four tests during their at-home isolation period.

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2 years, 5 months ago

Hong Kong cuts COVID hotel quarantine to 3 days for arrivals

Associated Press

HONG KONG — Hong Kong will reduce the mandatory hotel quarantine for overseas arrivals to three days from a week, the city’s leader said Monday. Hong Kong leader John Lee said arriving travelers must quarantine three days in a designated hotel, then undergo four days of medical surveillance during which their movements will be restricted via the use of a …

2 years, 5 months ago

Hong Kong cuts coronavirus hotel quarantine for arrivals to 3 days

LA Times

Hong Kong will cut the mandatory hotel quarantine for overseas arrivals from a week to three days, the city’s leader said Monday. The policy, which takes effect Friday, will be Hong Kong’s shortest quarantine period for arrivals since the pandemic began. Hong Kong leader John Lee said arriving travelers must stay three days in a designated hotel, then undergo four …

2 years, 5 months ago

Canada brings back random Covid testing for tourists – with risk of 10 days hotel quarantine

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The government says: “You can complete your test in-person or pick up a self-swab kit at select test provider locations, …

2 years, 6 months ago

China reduces quarantine for people arriving from abroad

Associated Press

BEIJING — China on Tuesday announced an easing of its quarantine requirement for people arriving from abroad but stopped short of lifting what remains a stringent COVID-19 policy compared to most other countries. Anyone coming from outside the country will be required to stay in a quarantine hotel for seven days, followed by three days of home quarantine, the National …

3 years ago

Covid can spread between rooms in hotel quarantine, research shows

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In one case in July, a single traveller in hotel quarantine in Auckland infected three others in a room across …

3 years, 1 month ago

Some 20 travelers from South Africa still in quarantine hotel

NL Times

About 20 people are still staying in the quarantine hotel in Badhoevedorp. This group includes people who tested positive for Covid-19 after arriving at Schiphol from South Africa 10 days ago, as well as their loved ones. "Formalities often still have to be arranged to start the return journey, and a flight has to be booked," explained the GGD Kennemerland. …

3 years, 1 month ago

Most South Africa passengers in quarantine hotel cleared to leave

Dutch News

Most of the passengers who tested positive for coronavirus after flying in to the Netherlands from South Africa last week have been allowed to leave their quarantine hotel. A total of 61 people tested positive for coronavirus after arriving from Cape Town and Johannesburg last Friday afternoon, hours after the Dutch government tightened travel restrictions in response to the emergence …

3 years, 1 month ago

Most South Africa passengers in quarantine hotel cleared to leave

Dutch News

3 years, 1 month ago

Half of those quarantined from South Africa flight still in isolation

NL Times

More than half of the travelers who were required to quarantine in a Badhoevedorp hotel after flying to the Netherlands from South Africa were allowed to leave the hotel, the GGD Kennemerland said on Thursday. "I am pleased that more than half of the passengers can now leave the hotel and continue their journey," said Bert van de Velden, the …

3 years, 1 month ago

Travellers from South Africa required to quarantine in hotels if positive for Covid

NL Times

Anyone who tests positive for coronavirus out of about 600 passengers who returned from South Africa will be required to quarantine in a hotel, the GGD Kennemerland said. It concerns only those passengers who departed on two KLM aircraft from South Africa before the Netherlands implemented a flight ban from that country, but who landed in the Netherlands after the …

3 years, 2 months ago

Travel red list scrapped but ministers leave the door open for return of hotel quarantine

The Telegraph

The red list was effectively scrapped on Thursday but hotel quarantine will remain as a threat until at least the New Year. All seven countries left on the red list will be removed from Monday at 4am, which means passengers will no longer be required to quarantine in a UK hotel at a cost of £2,285 per person. Ministers have, …

3 years, 2 months ago

Travel red list and hotel quarantine set to be scrapped

The Telegraph

The travel red list and hotel quarantine are set to be scrapped under plans, to be considered by ministers on Thursday, to ease restrictions in face of the declining Covid threat from abroad. Ministers will meet to consider removing the final seven countries from the red list. Nearly 200,000 people returning from red list countries have been forced to quarantine …

3 years, 2 months ago

Victoria set to scrap COVID-19 quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated international travellers

ABC

Victoria is set to scrap COVID-19 quarantine requirements for international arrivals from next month, bringing it into line with New South Wales. It's understood arriving travellers would need to be fully immunised and test negative for coronavirus. At this stage, it's believed the quarantine changes will be officially announced at Friday's COVID-19 media conference. Melbourne opening up after 263 days …

3 years, 2 months ago

Travel from New Zealand South Island to be allowed without COVID quarantine

ABC

Travellers from the South Island of New Zealand will be able to arrive in Australia without spending two weeks in quarantine from Wednesday. Key points: Quarantine-free travel for people heading to Australia from New Zealand's South Island to restart from Wednesday Australians heading to New Zealand will still be required to do 14 days in hotel quarantine 'Green lane', or …

3 years, 3 months ago

COVID updates: International travel resumes next month as PM announces changes to border restrictions — as it happened

ABC

Mr McGowan is being asked about international borders reopening and when WA will open. He said the state wasn't going to set a date at this point in time, and that it was "really a NSW thing" because they had enough COVID in the community that travelling overseas and returning didn't really add to the risk profile. "WA will open …

3 years, 4 months ago

Annastacia Palaszczuk backflips on Queensland's hotel quarantine after backlash over NRL WAGS

Daily Mail

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk appears to have backed down on the pause to the state's hotel quarantine program, re-opening it from this Saturday - but at this stage, just 50 families will be allowed to return. The decision to re-start the hotel quarantine program comes a day after the outrage over the government's seemingly hypocritical stance of allowing NRL WAGs …

3 years, 4 months ago

Hotspot travellers locked out of Queensland as authorities pause COVID-19 hotel quarantine

ABC

Travel plans for people trying to relocate to Queensland have been thrown into disarray with the announcement the state is pausing arrivals from interstate hotspots for the next fortnight. Key points: People who have already received a "right of entry" border pass will have to reapply The Premier said the pause would help manage quarantine hotel capacity Health Minister Yvette …

3 years, 5 months ago

Hotel quarantine health fears increasing for couple after another guest gets COVID-19

ABC

"It's not boo-hoo we don't like hotels, it's that hotels are not quarantine facilities" — that's the reaction of one "terrified" traveller stuck in a Brisbane hotel that is the site of Queensland's latest COVID-19 outbreak. Key points: A man is thought to have caught the virus from a group from South Africa staying in the same hotel Some hotel …

3 years, 7 months ago

How the Delta COVID variant likely jumped Victorian hotel quarantine and started a Melbourne outbreak

ABC

Victoria is one step closer to solving the mystery of how the Delta strain of COVID-19 slipped into the community, and it looks like another hotel quarantine leak is the culprit. Theory two: The traveller transmitted the virus to a quarantine staff member Professor Cheng said the public health team, which had only learnt about the link on Monday, was …

3 years, 7 months ago

NT introduces 'day 17 test' for COVID to prevent a local repeat of Victoria's coronavirus outbreak

ABC

Victoria's coronavirus outbreak — and breaches in hotel quarantine more generally — have spurred a new coronavirus testing measure in the Northern Territory. Key points: The change affects repatriated Australians coming to the NT after quarantining interstate Those people will need to get tested 17 days after they began quarantine The rule is being introduced because of repeated breaches of …

3 years, 7 months ago

Senate clears way for compulsory quarantine, testing ahead of big events

Dutch News

The upper house of parliament has voted in favour of temporary legislation to bring in mandatory quarantine for visitors from high risk areas, and to pave the way for fast coronavirus testing ahead of big events. The party has also asked health minister Hugo de Jonge to look into allowing self tests as evidence in areas without a fast test …

3 years, 7 months ago

Senate clears way for compulsory quarantine, testing ahead of big events

Dutch News

3 years, 7 months ago

South Australia imposes new border restrictions with Victoria over Melbourne coronavirus cluster

ABC

South Australia has imposed fresh border restrictions in response to Melbourne's coronavirus cases, but SA Health says it is not ready to release its report into a man who stayed in an Adelaide medi-hotel and is potentially linked to the cluster. Key points: Anyone who has been at an exposure site in the relevant time is now banned from entering …

3 years, 7 months ago

Victorian man who tested positive for COVID–19 was on same flight as Adelaide hotel case

ABC

South Australia's Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier says it is most likely a Victorian man, who tested positive to COVID-19 yesterday, caught it while staying in hotel quarantine in Adelaide. Key points: A Victorian man tested positive for COVID–19 after doing hotel quarantine in Adelaide He was on the same flight as another case at the hotel Hotel guests …

3 years, 7 months ago

SA Health investigating whether man caught coronavirus in medi-hotel

ABC

South Australian health authorities are investigating whether a man who was released from hotel quarantine in Adelaide and then tested positive for COVID-19 in Melbourne acquired the virus while in isolation. Key points: The man quarantined in the Playford medi-hotel next to a traveller who tested positive SA Health is investigating whether there have been any quarantine or testing breaches …

3 years, 8 months ago

NSW warns other states over Sydney COVID-19 quarantine hotel infections

ABC

Health authorities in NSW have warned several people who could have been exposed to COVID-19 inside a Sydney quarantine hotel have already travelled interstate. Key points: NSW Health says four more return travellers who stayed at the Mercure Hotel need to get tested NSW Health says four more return travellers who stayed at the Mercure Hotel need to get tested …

3 years, 8 months ago

India travel ban proposed after coronavirus cases in Perth hotel quarantine prompts concern

ABC

Members of the Indian community want Australia to continue accepting arrivals from India on compassionate grounds even if Premier Mark McGowan's suggestion of a travel ban from the country is adopted. Key points: Two-fifths of recent COVID-19 cases in WA quarantine travelled from India Two-fifths of recent COVID-19 cases in WA quarantine travelled from India The WA Premier will raise …

3 years, 8 months ago

Two people catch UK coronavirus strain while in Perth hotel quarantine, sparking India ban call

ABC

Two people staying at a Perth quarantine hotel have contracted the UK strain of COVID-19 from returned overseas travellers from India who were in another room. Key points: The two guests caught the virus from a couple staying in an opposite room The couple had arrived in WA from India infected with the UK strain The WA Premier has called …

3 years, 8 months ago

NSW Health investigating possible COVID-19 transmission inside Sydney quarantine hotel

ABC

New South Wales Health is investigating whether COVID-19 has spread inside a second Sydney quarantine hotel. NSW Health said they had tested negative on their day-two swabs in hotel quarantine, before subsequently testing positive for COVID-19 later during their quarantine periods. This latest incident comes just days after three people in one family acquired the virus from a family of …

3 years, 9 months ago

WA government announces interstate border rule relaxation, confirms quarantine-free New Zealand travel

ABC

Western Australia is making major changes to its COVID-19 restrictions, by relaxing its interstate border rules to re-open to other states quicker following closures. Key points: WA's border will re-open after 14 days without community spread Mark McGowan says he won't hesitate to reintroduce the hard border New Zealand travellers will be able to arrive quarantine-free from April 19 WA …

3 years, 9 months ago

Traveller describes 'totally chaotic' response from Victorian authorities hours after Brisbane red zone declared

ABC

A man who tried to travel to Victoria from Brisbane before it was declared a red zone says he was forced into hotel quarantine, despite repeated assurances from the Department of Health he would not be. Key points: Sam says he was assured he would only face orange zone restrictions, but when his flight landed he was taken to hotel …

3 years, 9 months ago

WA imposes new quarantine restrictions for travellers from Queensland after COVID case

ABC

Western Australia has imposed new quarantine restrictions on certain travellers returning from Queensland after that state recorded one new case of locally transmitted coronavirus. Key points: People visiting WA from some parts of Queensland will have to quarantine Roger Cook says there could be further announcements in the next 24 hours He says he is disappointed in the low rates …

3 years, 9 months ago

Victoria's COVID-19 hotel quarantine program is set to resume. Here's how it will work

ABC

International travellers will start flying back into Melbourne from April 8. Close to six weeks ago, Victoria's hotel quarantine program was halted after COVID-19 leaked into the community and the state went into a snap five-day lockdown. The government says a team of health experts and engineers are assessing every single room in every hotel used in the program to …

3 years, 9 months ago

Victoria is COVID-free for the first time this year. Here's what happens next

ABC

Victoria is COVID-free for the first time this year, after the Health Department declared the final active case in the state had recovered. The health department said on Monday night that "almost all" current hotel quarantine workers had already had the first jab. Professor Baxter said if all workers had at least had their first vaccination injection, the outbreak risk …

3 years, 9 months ago

Record number of COVID-19 cases from Papua New Guinea arrive in Queensland's hotel quarantine

ABC

A record number of COVID-19 cases from Papua New Guinea have been recorded in hotel quarantine in Queensland. Queensland COVID-19 snapshot In latest reporting period: Deaths: 11 11 New cases: 5,698 Queensland's vaccine rollout: First dose: 93.2 per cent 93.2 per cent Second dose: 92.7 per cent Latest case information from Queensland Health. "I really want to thank the Australian …

3 years, 9 months ago

COVID updates: NSW quarantine hotel worker who contracted COVID-19 had been vaccinated — as it happened

ABC

Dr Kerry Chant said around 130 people had been contacted who worked with the security guard. "In terms of where this person acquired it, as the Minister indicated, this gentleman works in our hotel quarantine systems and generally works on the weekend and does weekend shifts in the hotel quarantine system. He was infectious while doing a shift and we …

3 years, 10 months ago

Urgent review of WA hotel quarantine begins after COVID-19 positive worker

ABC

Authorities are urgently examining airflow in every quarantine hotel in Western Australia in the wake of last month's positive COVID-19 case. Key points: The review will assess ventilation in all of WA's quarantine hotels The review will assess ventilation in all of WA's quarantine hotels An occupational hygienist and mechanical engineer will examine all sites An occupational hygienist and mechanical …

3 years, 10 months ago

Covid-19 variants dampen hope of travel rebound, quarantines get longer-lonelier

Hindustan Times

Quarantines continue to frustrate travellers and strangle airlines a year into the pandemic, with the threat from highly infectious coronavirus variants meaning enforced isolations are mostly getting longer and stricter rather than easing up. Covid-19 variants dampen hope of travel rebound, quarantines get longer-lonelier Even as vaccines embolden countries like Israel and the UK to plot paths to reopening, authorities …

3 years, 10 months ago

Thailand's hotel quarantine scheme has been a big part of its COVID-19 strategy. And so far it's worked

ABC

For one reason or another, most people who've endured two weeks of coronavirus hotel quarantine have found it to be a challenging time. First there was lots of admin — a visa, additional documents granting us permission to enter Thailand, COVID-19 insurance cover, a health declaration form, a flight booking, and a hotel quarantine reservation. Among other things, Mazoe's family …

3 years, 10 months ago

Quarantine hotel guest attempts to escape as Government faces human rights court challenge

The Telegraph

A man attempted to escape from a quarantine hotel on Thursday, as an international law firm prepared to mount a High Court challenge over the policy's "violation of liberties". Anthony Pium, a 30-year-old travel agent from east London, was involved in an angry confrontation with security guards as he tried to force his way out of the Radisson Blu Edwardian …

3 years, 10 months ago

Hotel quarantine: How is it enforced?

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Anyone arriving who has been in a country on the UK’s travel ban list in the previous 10 days before …

3 years, 10 months ago

Covid: Hotel quarantine comes into force in United Kingdom

India TV News

All British and Irish citizens and UK residents who arrive in England after being in a high-risk Covid country now have to quarantine in hotels, officials said. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the emergence of new variants meant the government "must go further" with its travel restrictions. "The rules coming into force today will bolster the quarantine system and provide …

3 years, 10 months ago

How the hotel quarantine outbreak that's landed Victorians in coronavirus lockdown spread

ABC

Victorians are still coming to grips with their return to life in lockdown as they wait for news about whether or not the so-called "circuit breaker" restrictions have been effective in helping to curtail the current cluster. Nebuliser use at root of cluster The starting point of the cluster has been traced back to Thursday February 4, when three family …

3 years, 10 months ago

People flying to Canada will have to quarantine at hotels from February 22

Hindustan Times

Air travelers to Canada will quarantine in a hotel starting on February 22 as they await the result of a coronavirus test, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday. Government officials confirmed that — with limited exceptions — nonessential air travelers will be required to reserve a three-night stay in a government-authorized hotel at their own expense before they depart for …

3 years, 10 months ago

Asylum seekers are getting Covid jabs in plush quarantine hotels at Heathrow

Daily Mail

At the four star Crowne Plaza Hotel overlooking lawns on the outskirts of London, 20-year-old Abdul from the Sudan says he is pleased with his new life here in Britain. They will find themselves in strictly-guarded quarantine hotels at a cost per head of £1,750 – a rate for accommodation, transfers, food and drink set by the Government A few …

3 years, 10 months ago

Priti Patel claims hotel quarantine cannot be brought in overnight – even though Australia did just that

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy As “maintenance issues” continue to hamper the introduction of the hotel quarantine scheme, the home secretary …

3 years, 10 months ago

Canada to ask air travellers to wait on COVID tests in hotels

Al Jazeera

Move could cause ire among ‘snowbirds’ – Canadians who spend colder months in warmer climates. Air travellers to Canada will quarantine in a hotel starting on February 22 as they await the result of a coronavirus test, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday. Government officials confirmed that – with limited exceptions – non-essential air travellers will be required to reserve …

3 years, 10 months ago

Travellers in red-list countries rush back to UK to beat hotel quarantine

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Travellers in “red list” countries are rushing back to the UK before a new hotel quarantine …

3 years, 10 months ago

UK hotel quarantine to cost up to £1,750 and will be bookable from Thursday

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mr Hancock also said arrivals from every foreign country except Ireland will face two additional Covid tests: one on the …

3 years, 10 months ago

Britain Tightens Travel Restrictions With Hotel Quarantine and 10-Year Prison Threat

News 18

Britain said it would bring in tighter border controls next week against new variants of the coronavirus, requiring hotel quarantine for arrivals and threatening rule-breakers with up to 10 years in jail and fines. Under lockdown rules, holidays are banned, and testing regimes and quarantine are already in place for travellers, but the government said on Tuesday it would bring …

Hotel quarantine: Ministers yet to sign a single contract for use of rooms with just a WEEK to go

History of this topic

Hong Kong cuts COVID hotel quarantine to 3 days for arrivals

Hong Kong cuts coronavirus hotel quarantine for arrivals to 3 days

Canada brings back random Covid testing for tourists – with risk of 10 days hotel quarantine

China reduces quarantine for people arriving from abroad

Covid can spread between rooms in hotel quarantine, research shows

Some 20 travelers from South Africa still in quarantine hotel

Most South Africa passengers in quarantine hotel cleared to leave

Most South Africa passengers in quarantine hotel cleared to leave

Half of those quarantined from South Africa flight still in isolation

Travellers from South Africa required to quarantine in hotels if positive for Covid

Travel red list scrapped but ministers leave the door open for return of hotel quarantine

Travel red list and hotel quarantine set to be scrapped

Victoria set to scrap COVID-19 quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated international travellers

Travel from New Zealand South Island to be allowed without COVID quarantine

COVID updates: International travel resumes next month as PM announces changes to border restrictions — as it happened

Annastacia Palaszczuk backflips on Queensland's hotel quarantine after backlash over NRL WAGS

Hotspot travellers locked out of Queensland as authorities pause COVID-19 hotel quarantine

Hotel quarantine health fears increasing for couple after another guest gets COVID-19

How the Delta COVID variant likely jumped Victorian hotel quarantine and started a Melbourne outbreak

NT introduces 'day 17 test' for COVID to prevent a local repeat of Victoria's coronavirus outbreak

Senate clears way for compulsory quarantine, testing ahead of big events

Senate clears way for compulsory quarantine, testing ahead of big events

South Australia imposes new border restrictions with Victoria over Melbourne coronavirus cluster

Victorian man who tested positive for COVID–19 was on same flight as Adelaide hotel case

SA Health investigating whether man caught coronavirus in medi-hotel

NSW warns other states over Sydney COVID-19 quarantine hotel infections

India travel ban proposed after coronavirus cases in Perth hotel quarantine prompts concern

Two people catch UK coronavirus strain while in Perth hotel quarantine, sparking India ban call

NSW Health investigating possible COVID-19 transmission inside Sydney quarantine hotel

WA government announces interstate border rule relaxation, confirms quarantine-free New Zealand travel

Traveller describes 'totally chaotic' response from Victorian authorities hours after Brisbane red zone declared

WA imposes new quarantine restrictions for travellers from Queensland after COVID case

Victoria's COVID-19 hotel quarantine program is set to resume. Here's how it will work

Victoria is COVID-free for the first time this year. Here's what happens next

Record number of COVID-19 cases from Papua New Guinea arrive in Queensland's hotel quarantine

COVID updates: NSW quarantine hotel worker who contracted COVID-19 had been vaccinated — as it happened

Urgent review of WA hotel quarantine begins after COVID-19 positive worker

Covid-19 variants dampen hope of travel rebound, quarantines get longer-lonelier

Thailand's hotel quarantine scheme has been a big part of its COVID-19 strategy. And so far it's worked

Quarantine hotel guest attempts to escape as Government faces human rights court challenge

Hotel quarantine: How is it enforced?

Covid: Hotel quarantine comes into force in United Kingdom

How the hotel quarantine outbreak that's landed Victorians in coronavirus lockdown spread

People flying to Canada will have to quarantine at hotels from February 22

Asylum seekers are getting Covid jabs in plush quarantine hotels at Heathrow

Priti Patel claims hotel quarantine cannot be brought in overnight – even though Australia did just that

Canada to ask air travellers to wait on COVID tests in hotels

Travellers in red-list countries rush back to UK to beat hotel quarantine

UK hotel quarantine to cost up to £1,750 and will be bookable from Thursday

Britain Tightens Travel Restrictions With Hotel Quarantine and 10-Year Prison Threat

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