variant was discovered in their housing block are questioning why they have not been exempted from the measure after testing negative.also suggested that home quarantine would have been preferable, while others expressed dismay over the arrangements at the government’s facility in Penny’s Bay.the city was investigating
Both mutations were found in more infectious strains first identified in South Africa and Brazil, and experts suggested there could be transmission links between the helper and a 29-year-old man visiting from Dubai who was the first variant case detected in the city. “I used to be one of the guys telling people to go get vaccinated. But now if you ask me, after what has happened, I wouldn’t tell them to take it or not to take it. I just won’t care any more, because there doesn’t seem to be any difference [in how you are treated],” he said.
It’s a bit of an overreaction to bring us here. We probably could have – and it would have been safer – to quarantine at homeThe resident also expressed unhappiness with some of the arrangements at the quarantine centre, saying he had first been told his family of four would be allocated either two adjacent rooms with a joining door, or one large room, but were later told they would be separated.
“Even for those who have come into contact with an infected person, their quarantine period could possibly be shortened to seven days, or they could be allowed to undergo home quarantine instead,” he said.