Vaccinated Travellers Exempted from Hotel Quarantine

Vaccinated people are to be exempted from mandatory hotel quarantine in Ireland, according to Health Minister Stephen Donnelly.

The decision came on the same day that arrivals from 16 new countries have to undergo 12 days of mandatory quarantine, including the United States, France, Italy, Canada and Belgium, prompting diplomatic and political pushback from the EU, with complaints from a series of EU embassies and the EU Commission looking for clarification and raising “some concerns in relation to the general principles of EU law, in particular proportionality and non-discrimination.

Meanwhile, many passengers returned to Ireland on Wednesday ahead of the inclusion of the new countries on the high risk list.