Mandatory hotel quarantine system launched this morning

The new system of mandatory hotel quarantine will be activated later today, after the Health Minister signed the regulations last night.

The first people arriving here from certain high-risk countries will be placed in hotels by the end of the week.

They will be forced to stay there for 14 days, or face a fine or jail-time.

But Deputy Paul Murphy, from People Before Profit, says it should be expanded to include every country.