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Countries with hotel quarantine for COVID-19: How other countries have followed Australia’s example – Traveller
Australia was one of the first countries to implement mandatory hotel quarantine for incoming travellers. Other countries have finally caught on.
A passenger is escorted to the Crowne Plaza hotel for quarantine in Dublin, Ireland. Photo: Getty Images
On March 28, 2020, Australia was one of the first countries to implement mandatory hotel quarantine for incoming travellers.
We did it before Taiwan, South Korea and even before New Zealand, although Singapore beat us to it by just a few days. It’s not been perfect. Mistakes were made, but Australia got it right.
There’s no doubt Australia’s hotel quarantine system has been a circuit breaker…
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