Covid: Dutch police arrest quarantine hotel escapees
Dutch police say they have detained a couple who escaped from a Covid-quarantine hotel. The arrests were made on a plane in Amsterdam's Schiphol airport just before it departed to Spain on Sunday. The Spanish man and Portuguese woman were later handed over to the country's health service, local media reported . It comes after 13 people who arrived in Amsterdam on two flights from South Africa last week tested positive for the new coronavirus variant. They are among 61 passengers who tested positive for Covid. It is not known whether the detained couple were among those passengers. Local 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. The escapees could be prosecuted for violating Dutch quarantine rules, De Telegraaf newspaper says. ANALYSIS: How worrying is the new Covid variant? BACKGROUND: Covid variants: Do we need new vaccines? FEATU...