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DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland is to introduce a 14-day quarantine in hotels for all people arriving from Brazil and South Africa, and for anyone arriving without evidence of a negative coronavirus test, the government said on Tuesday.
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Visa-free travel from both countries and from all of South America has been suspended until March 5, Prime Minister Micheal Martin said.
Ministers signed off on the measures, which are aimed at stopping more transmissible variants entering Ireland, while extending a national lockdown until March 5. The quarantine period - 14 days - was announced later at a news conference.
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