At the last minute: the government extended the evacuees' stay in the hotels in a telephone poll - voila! news. Evacuees and hotel owners expressed anger that the stay was not extended at an earlier date, which would have spared the uncertainty they had been in for the past few days.

An Exceptions Committee will be established that will allow flexibility for soldiers, patients, women giving birth and more. The amount of the one-time grant that the returnees will receive will decrease the later they return.