26-11-2021, 07:41 PM
The Guardian has reported that the new SA variant of Covid has now been named as Omicron according to a recent announcement from the World Health Organization. It should inform Munster now that they are staying for now in SA.
Ireland's Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has just said on RTÉ Six One News this evening that if the Munster Rugby squad return home to Ireland from SA; they have to do a home quarantine & take 2 more PCR tests as soon as they return home to Ireland.
Minister Donnelly has said that mandatory hotel quarantine is being put under consideration for anyone irregardless of status from any of the countries that have been hit with the SA variant of Covid. The Munster Rugby squad have said in a statement that they are all safe & well in Pretoria for now. They are hoping that they will be able to return home to Ireland once they don't get any positive Covid cases while doing their 2nd round of PCR tests.
There should be more updates on this story as RTÉ's coverage of Connacht v Ospreys is beginning now on RTÉ2.
Ireland's Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has just said on RTÉ Six One News this evening that if the Munster Rugby squad return home to Ireland from SA; they have to do a home quarantine & take 2 more PCR tests as soon as they return home to Ireland.
Minister Donnelly has said that mandatory hotel quarantine is being put under consideration for anyone irregardless of status from any of the countries that have been hit with the SA variant of Covid. The Munster Rugby squad have said in a statement that they are all safe & well in Pretoria for now. They are hoping that they will be able to return home to Ireland once they don't get any positive Covid cases while doing their 2nd round of PCR tests.
There should be more updates on this story as RTÉ's coverage of Connacht v Ospreys is beginning now on RTÉ2.