People travelling from Ireland will now face quarantine in Switzerland, officials said, following World Health Organization warnings of a "massive increase" in cases.
Arrivals from Ireland joined those from countries including the United States, Britain, South Africa and Sweden in having to undergo ten days of quarantine.
The new rules came after the WHO's emergencies director Michael Ryan drew attention to the situation in Ireland. He told a press conference in Geneva yesterday that the country had "done extremely well" in two surges of disease but had since suffered "one of the most acute increases in disease incidence of any country".