Many senior ministers were surprised by yesterday's hastily convened late Friday incorporeal Cabinet. The original plan was to add to the list of mandatory hotel quarantine countries at a full meeting next week.
However, last night’s decision to add several big-ticket countries to the mandatory hotel quarantine list has the appearance of a Government under pressure to act, amid accusations that it was not doing everything possible to combat the arrival of dangerous variants.
Unlike the recent addition of Wallis and Futuna islands, many people frequently travel on these new routes including popular holiday destinations like France and Italy.