Covidiota tied sheets and escaped through a hotel window where he had to self-quarantine | the Chronicle

This Monday afternoon, a man arrived in the city of Perth, Australia, on a flight from Brisbane. Failing to comply with health requirements, the border police forced him to return, but as a new flight left, he had to remain isolated in a hotel. However, the subject decided to implement what he saw a thousand times in the movies and escaped the scene.

As detailed by Western Australian Police on their Facebook account, the man arrived around 4:15 p.m. on Monday. He had not completed a mandatory pass to enter the country prior to his arrival, so a manual pass was filled out. However, the listing was rejected as it did not fall under any category of exemption from the restrictions in force for Queensland and the order was given to vacate the premises within 48 hours.

Although he didn’t have to turn around immediately, he also couldn’t roam the city freely, but instead He was directed to temporary quarantine overnight at the Rivervale hotel. The problem was that in the early hours of the morning, they discovered that the subject had made an absurd maneuver to try to get around the limitations.

Covidiot escaped from quarantine

It was a few minutes before one in the morning on Tuesday that They discovered that he had left through a window in the room, which was on the fourth floor, using a rope made by tying sheets and fled from the area.

Police immediately began a search of the area. “Security officers located the man at 8:55 a.m. on Beaufort Street near Second Avenue at Mt. The individual returned a negative test result for COVID-19 “, confirmed the agents.

The 39-year-old was on the other side of town and was found around eight hours after he escaped. “He was charged under the provisions of the Emergency Management Act with: Failure to Comply with Address and Providing False / Misleading Information. He is due to appear in Perth Magistrates’ Court“, They added in the press release.

In recent weeks, Australia has seen a decrease in coronavirus cases and deaths (32,120 total cases, 1,360 active cases and 915 deaths) by closing national and internal borders and imposing mandatory quarantine in hotels for anyone arriving from abroad or, during epidemics, from another state.