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Tifco Hotel Group will operate the state’s mandatory quarantine regime for passengers arriving in this country under an agreement to be announced this week.
The group has designated the Holiday Inn Express and the Crowne Plaza hotel near Dublin Airport to be among the initial quarantine hotels.
Four hotels will be used when the quarantine system is first introduced, but the group has compromised scalability at its other hotels. The number of hotels used will depend on demand.
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly will announce the agreement with the Tifco Group in the coming days.
Three days after the announcement, the system will be formally implemented and passengers arriving from 33 countries considered high risk for Covid-19 will have to be quarantined at one of the hotels.
Passengers arriving from these countries will need to reserve rooms in quarantined hotels before their travels. It will cost a little less than € 2,000 per adult and around € 500 per child over three years of age.
Passengers who violate the new mandatory hotel quarantine laws could face a fine of 4,000 euros and a month in prison for the first violation. A second offense can be punished with a fine not exceeding € 4,500 and / or three months in prison, while a third offense carries a possible fine of € 5,000 and / or six months in prison.
The mandatory hotel quarantine will apply to passengers arriving from South Africa, Brazil, Angola, Austria, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Verde, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Eswatini, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Tanzania , United Arab Emirates, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
It will also apply to those from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela.
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