Amsterdam
\nDutch police say they have detained a couple who escaped from a Covid-quarantine hotel.
\nThe arrests were made on a plane in Amsterdam\u2019s Schiphol airport just before it departed to Spain on Sunday.
\nThe Spanish man and Portuguese woman were later handed over to the country\u2019s health service, local media reported.
\nIt comes after 13 people who arrived in Amsterdam on two flights from South Africa last week tested positive for the new coronavirus variant.
\nThey are among 61 passengers who tested positive for Covid.
\nIt is not known whether the detained couple were among those passengers.
\nLocal media are reporting that they managed to flee a quarantine hotel in the north-western Kennemerland region, where travellers from South Africa are currently in self-isolation.
\nThe escapees could be prosecuted for violating Dutch quarantine rules, De Telegraaf newspaper says.
\nNetherlands, amid record Covid cases and concerns over the new variant.
\nBars, restaurants and shops – whose opening hours have already been restricted for several weeks – are required to close earlier than before, and there is a limit on the number of guests allowed in homes.
\nPeople are also being encouraged to work from home where possible, but nurseries, schools and universities across the country remain open.
\nThousands of people protested after the measures were announced earlier this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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