Ten years in prison is a tough sentence and usually reserved as punishment for crimes at the serious end of the scale – child grooming, sexual assault, fraud, various firearms offences, and failing to disclose the travel destination you’ve just returned home from. Thanks to Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s announcement …
Read More »‘Like being in prison’: The grim reality of what you can expect from a stay in hotel quarantine
Boris Johnson has confirmed that hotel quarantining will begin in the UK from Monday. Anyone – including British citizens – traveling from 30 ‘red-list’ countries will be transported from the airport they arrive at and expected to stay under supervision for up to 10 days. A host of other governments …
Read More »Dumping people in quarantine hotels to stop the spread of potential mutant Covid strains shows that paranoia now rules UK policy
As the British government deliberates over a decision to force everyone arriving in the UK into hotel quarantine, it all seems so familiar… and that’s because this issue has been with us before and BoJo made a balls-up of it then. So, here we are, revisiting the same problem with …
Read More »Norway to lift UK travel ban but will keep special quarantine & testing rules amid concerns over new Covid-19 strain
The Norweigan government released a statement on Friday in which it explained that the decision to bar direct flights from the United Kingdom will be lifted, starting on Saturday at 17:00 local time (16:00 GMT), but that strict health guidelines for people coming from the UK will continue. Under the …
Read More »Fast food emergency: Australian police catch man breaching Covid-19 quarantine to go to McDonald’s (VIDEO)
Footage of the incident was released by Queensland Police, which urged others to closely follow quarantine orders from the authorities. The video shows the 34-year-old man being approached by multiple police officers as he sits in his car at a McDonald’s parking lot. The man had been ordered to get …
Read More »Poland joins international quarantine of UK over new highly contagious Covid-19 strain
The Polish travel ban will come into force at midnight on Monday, government spokesman Piotr Muller announced on Twitter. Many other nations, including the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, France, Germany, Iran, Argentina, Chile and El Salvador have cut transportation to and from the UK. The restrictions were applied after Britain’s decision …
Read More »Ryanair boss slams UK government plan to shorten travel quarantine to five days if passenger tests negative for Covid-19
Michael O’Leary told BBC Radio 4 on Tuesday that the government should rethink its decision to shorten the travel quarantine to five days if the passenger tests negative. O’Leary said the plans aren’t well thought out, as they allow people with Covid-19 into the country. He claimed that “test before …
Read More »Cuomo gives travelers to New York option of shorter quarantine if they can prove negative Covid-19 tests BEFORE AND AFTER arrival
Before being allowed to move about freely, travelers from out of state must have proof of a negative Covid-19 test within three days of their trip and take a test after three days of quarantining in New York to show they’re still not infected, Cuomo told reporters on Saturday. Those …
Read More »Trump & Melania ‘will begin quarantine process’ pending test results after close aide Hope Hicks contracts Covid-19
The positive test came on Thursday after Hicks accompanied President Trump to a rally the day prior, first reported by the Associated Press, CBS and a number of other outlets reported, citing officials who spoke on condition of anonymity. The White House did not immediately confirm the diagnosis, however Trump …
Read More »Man uses BEDSHEET ROPE in attempted escape from Auckland Covid-19 quarantine facility
The individual, who had been deported from Australia, was holed up in Auckland’s Ramada Hotel for 12 days when he decided to make a break for it. According to officials, a number of sheets tied together were found dangling from the man’s fourth-floor window, suggesting a Hollywood-esque strategy to flee …
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