The new system of mandatory hotel quarantine will be activated later today, after the Health Minister signed the regulations last night.
The first people arriving here from certain high-risk countries will be placed in hotels by the end of the week.
They will be forced to stay there for 14 days, or face a fine or jail-time.
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