Outside the police and Marechaussee ensure that no one enters the hotel who has no business there and they arrange that other guests can enter and leave the hotel undisturbed, says a spokesman for the Kennemerland Security Region.
Danger to public health
“The security is there for a reason,” says the spokesperson when asked whether they should already take action to keep travelers who tested positive in their rooms. Travelers are initially asked to adhere to the isolation rules, only if they do not, an obligation is imposed.
The Kennemerland Security Region has instituted surveillance in consultation with the Public Prosecution Service (OM) and the GGD, which must indicate that there is a danger to public health.
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The Security Region could not say how many of the infected travelers from South Africa are still in the hotel, but outgoing minister Hugo de Jonge (Public Health) said this afternoon that ‘a large part’ of the infected passengers still stay in the hotel.
Going home under conditions
Security will also remain there as long as guests are in isolation in the hotel, the Security Region says. Someone can only go home and remain in isolation there if there is ‘protected transport’.
A total of 624 passengers who arrived at Schiphol from South Africa on Friday were tested for corona by the GGD, 61 of whom were positive. The omikron variant of the coronavirus has so far been found in 13 people, but the investigation into all positively tested people has not yet been completed.
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