The Irish government are currently cherry picking which International travellers go into quarantine and which are allowed to enter Ireland without any compulsory quarantine. Their decisions seem to be based on politics and not sound Public Health Policy. International travellers from America and EU countries are not required to enter quarantine.
According to Newstalk, Dr Scally, professor of Public Health at University of Bristol said variants need to be kept out – regardless of where they are from. He said: “And neither is it what passport someone has or what their country of travel is, because they could have picked up this variant anywhere around the world and they could bring it in by coming any route.”
“On public health grounds, you really should have a full quarantine system that applies to everyone who wants to come in.”
Dr Scally was asked why other EU countries are not imposing mandatory quarantine on each other. He said the push has come from Brussels.
“There has been quite a push from the European Commission to keep borders open, to avoid restrictions, not to have lockdowns.”
“The European Commission doesn’t really have any competency in health issues.”
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