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Quarantine changes on Cabinet agenda March 16

The government on March 16 will consider the latest proposals to reduce or modify coronavirus quarantine rules in hopes of reviving foreign tourism.

The government on March 16 will consider the latest proposals to reduce or modify coronavirus quarantine rules in hopes of reviving foreign tourism.

Suggestions to reduce mandatory quarantine for vaccinated tourists to seven days and create a new “resort quarantine” will be on the table at the Cabinet meeting.

Under immense pressure from the tourism industry to eliminate mandatory quarantine, which the sector claims is crippling foreign tourism, the government is moving slowly toward easing restrictions for those vaccinated against the virus.

The latest proposal would cut the quarantine time in half to seven days, if a traveler was vaccinated in the past three months and has a negative Covid-19 test within 72 hours of flying.

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