Two additional countries are set to be added to the quarantine list, it was announced this evening.
Passengers travelling from Nepal and Anguilla to Ireland will be required to enter quarantine in a designated hotel after 04.00 on Wednesday, 12 May.
The Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly TD, has announced his intention to add an additional two States to the list of Designated States.
People arriving into Ireland having been in or transited through these States in the previous 14 days must enter mandatory hotel quarantine.
The decision to add to the list of designated States was taken following advice received by the Chief Medical Officer.
Minister Donnelly is also revoking the designation in place for: Armenia, Aruba, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Curaçao, Italy, Jordan, Kosovo, Lebanon, North Macedonia and Ukraine.
The revocations come into effect from today.
The following people will be exempt from having to undergo mandatory quarantine:
- People who are travelling in the course of their duties and are an international transport worker in possession of an annex 3 certificate, the driver of a heavy goods vehicle or are aviation crew or maritime crew
- patients travelling to Ireland for urgent medical reasons, and that reason is certified by registered medical practitioner or person holding an equivalent qualification outside the State
- children aged 6 and under
- passengers whose journey originated in Northern Ireland and have not been overseas in the 14-day prior to arrival
- a member of the Gardaí or Defence Forces personnel travelling to the State in the course of performing his or her duties
- a person who travels to the State pursuant to an arrest warrant, extradition proceedings or other mandatory legal obligation
- travel to perform the function of or provide services to an office holder or elected representative, where such travel to Ireland is required to continue providing such services or performing such functions
- if a citizen has a genuine humanitarian emergency requiring urgent travel, and might not be able to obtain the result of a pre-departure RT-PCR test in time, they should contact the nearest embassy or consulate immediately for advice and consular assistance before commencing their journey
All those arriving into Ireland from non-designated countries must have a negative pre-departure test and observe home quarantine.
You can find out more about travelling to Ireland during the pandemic here.
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