14-day quarantine to deter non-essential travel not isolate Covid-19 says NPHET

NPHET considers international travel one of the key threats concerning a possible second surge in the virus.

Mr Harris chose to allow incoming travellers at ports and airports to choose their own address for self-quarantine.

The National Public Health Emergency Team has said its decision to advise that all travellers to Ireland be placed in a mandatory 14-day quarantine at a designated facility was made as such an imposition would be the “greatest deterrent” in preventing non-essential travel, as opposed to a key factor in isolating the virus itself.