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Steven Mair

Celtic await Dubai self-isolation all clear as 'no decision' on Government elite sport exemption

Celtic are awaiting the all clear from the Scottish Government after a series of self-isolation rules concerning travellers re-entering the country from Dubai.

The Scottish Government has instructed all arrivals from the Emirati city to self-isolate for 10 days after arriving back in the country.

And the order is retroactively being applied to all arrivals since January 3, though that part would be a voluntary action.

That would include Neil Lennon and the entirety of the Parkhead backroom team and playing squad, who touched down in Glasgow on January 8.

But the Government has stated sportspeople are exempt from the new rules as long as they were in the Gulf country to attend "elite training".

However, it's reported there has been "no decision" yet on whether Lennon's side qualify under that bracket, after the club announced on Sunday afternoon that a member of the first-team playing squad tested positive for the virus.

A decision is expected possibly around lunchtime on Monday with the champions set to face Hibs that night before their home Scottish Premiership match against Livingston on Saturday.

A Government statement read: "Travellers returning from Dubai must quarantine on arrival in Scotland for 10 days from 4am on Monday (11 January). In addition, passengers who have travelled to Scotland from Dubai since 3 January are also being asked to isolate for 10 days, from the date they arrived back in the country.

"The change is due to a number of positive cases identified in passengers who have flown into Glasgow from Dubai since the new year. This preventative action addresses the significant rise in cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), and the increase in the numbers of cases testing positive in Scotland.

"Guidance remains clear that people should not be undertaking foreign travel other than in exceptional circumstances."

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