A young couple has escaped from a quarantine hotel near Amsterdam. The couple is a 30-year-old Spaniard and a 28-year-old Portuguese. Both the people had come from South Africa on Friday and were then quarantined at Ramada Hotel near Schiphol Airport. A spokesman for the health authority said one of the two people had previously tested positive for the new Omicron virus. The other person had tested negative, but was still quarantined. A police spokesman for the AFP news agency said.

Shortly after passengers were isolated in a quarantine hotel, Dutch media reported that the house was heavily guarded. Despite this, the couple managed to escape. The man and woman managed to go through the airport. Here he bought a plane ticket to Spain. They were reportedly already on the plane when they were arrested by the Dutch border police. The police handed over the couple to the health authorities. Both have now been quarantined again. You have been charged with “endangering public safety”.

Hours before the couple fled, Dutch Health Minister Hugo de Jong said the authorities in the Netherlands would ensure that the quarantine rules were followed. “We will investigate whether they follow these rules,” de Jong told reporters. A spokesman for the authorities said that police and security forces keep an eye on the quarantine hotel. “There’s a reason for the safety precautions.”