UAE, Austria among 18 countries added to mandatory quarantine list

Arrivals from 18 new countries will also have to complete a mandatory 14-day period of self-quarantine, the government has confirmed. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA 

Arrivals from 18 more countries will have to complete a mandatory 14-day period of self-quarantine, the Government has announced.

Regulations signed last week give the Minister for Health the power to specify additional states as "Category 2" in terms of their risk of spreading Covid-19 variants.