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How and where would you quarantine abroad if you caught Covid-19 on holiday?

Alexbu
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edited 19 May at 3:50PM in Coronavirus Board
Hi,
Sorry if i've missed this in other threads.  Most advice seems to be about claiming refunds and quarantining on arrival/return due to your chosen country not being on the FCO "safe list".  But, what I'd like to know is what happens if you catch Covid -19 whilst on holiday?  Specifically, how and where would you quarantine?  I'm looking at a camping holiday in France and I'm sure the campsite would not be happy for you to remain on the site.  Would travel insurance with 'covid cover' pay for your extra stay?

Thanks for any advice! 

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  • bradders1983
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    How would you know you had it whilst abroad?  You do know a lot of people never even realise, yes?
  • [Deleted User]
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     You are really asking the impossible to answer, the 'what if's'  You need to check exactly what your insurance covers you for.
    If you are not happy with it,  then you have a choice to either go and hope for the best or forget about going.  Nobody can say what might happen.   
  • Thrugelmir
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    edited 17 July 2020 at 11:23PM
    Alexbu said:
     I'm looking at a camping holiday in France and I'm sure the campsite would not be happy for you to remain on the site.  Would travel insurance with 'covid cover' pay for your extra stay?

    Thanks for any advice! 
    More than likely the camp site would be put into lockdown by the authorities. Normal rules no longer apply. Health comes first. 
    Recall there was an instance of this in Spain earlier in the week. A couple of hundred people have been forced to remain in situ. 
  • mattyprice4004
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    Incubation period seems to be between 8 and 14 days, so the chances are you brought it from home and it only took hold while away. 
  • sheramber
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    If you had it you  might be in hospital for longer than 2 weeks.
    Your family would have to quarantine for 14 days.
    The campsite might be quarantined with   everybody else staying there. That is what happened when hotel guest contracted the  virus. everybody in the hotel was quarantined in it.
    of course, if  somebody else on the campsite   got it you could quarantined.
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