By Q Radio News
Hundreds of Northern Ireland tourists in Portugal and Hungary will have to quarantine for 14 days upon their return home, the Executive has announced.
Travellers must return home by 4 am on Saturday or face quarantining for 14 days.
From this Saturday, those arriving in Northern Ireland from Portugal (excluding Madeira and the Azores), Hungary, French Polynesia, and Réunion will be required to self-isolate for 14 days.
— Q Radio News (@qnewsdesk) September 10, 2020
Sweden is to be removed from the quarantine list. pic.twitter.com/3mhd0FWHvf
French Polynesia and Reunion have also been added to the list of countries from which members to the province will have to quarantine for, which will also be enforced from early Saturday morning.
The travel restriction also affects England, while Scotland and Wales brought in similar measures last week.
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