Netherlands police detain couple who fled quarantine hotel due to coronavirus

Border police Netherlands He said Sunday that he arrested a couple on a plane after they fled a hotel where they were keeping quarantine passengers with COVID-19 from South Africa.

The drama occurred after the Dutch authorities determined that 13 of the 61 people detected with the coronavirus who arrived on Friday on two flights to Amsterdam had been infected with the omicron variant.

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Schiphol Airport Police “Has arrested a couple tonight who fled a quarantine hotel”, Police spokesman Stan Verberkt told AFP.

“The arrests occurred on a plane that was about to take off. They were on a plane that was going to leave for Spain “added.

The couple was turned over to the public health authority, police said.

Health authority spokeswoman Stefanie van Waardenburg said the couple was back in isolation but not in the same hotel.

Dutch Health Minister Hugo de Jonge said hours earlier that his country’s authorities would ensure that people comply with quarantine rules.

Most of the passengers who tested positive for COVID are at the hotel, but a few were able to quarantine at home. Passengers who tested negative will also need to quarantine at home.

“We are going to control that they comply with those rules”, de Jonge told reporters.

Police and security guards are guarding the hotel, said a spokeswoman for the local mayor’s office.

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