Arrivals from UK who enter the State through Northern Ireland still required to quarantine

Arrivals from UK who enter the State through Northern Ireland still required to quarantine

The Department of Health has also said there remains a legal requirement to self-quarantine if your journey originated in Britain, even if you enter the State via Northern Ireland. Picture: Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie

Both fully vaccinated and non-vaccinated arrivals into Ireland from Great Britain will have to quarantine at home, under plans approved by Cabinet.

The extension of the home quarantine rule was approved yesterday amid concerns of the rise and spread of the Delta variant, which was first recorded in India, and has now spread at alarming levels in Great Britain, where it now accounts for 96% of all cases, delaying the loosening of Covid-19 restrictions in England.

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