More countries added to quarantine list

A Garda checkpoint at Dublin Airport. Arrivals from Category 2 countries can now face fines or imprisonment if they do not quarantine for 14 days. Picture: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie

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 Health Minister Stephen Donnelly the power to specify additional states as Category 2 in terms of their risk of spreading Covid-19 variants.