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Sarah Vesty

Estonia and Latvia added to Scottish Covid-19 quarantine list

Travellers arriving on Scottish soil from Estonia and Latvia will have to quarantine for 14 days, the Scottish Government has announced.

Both countries have been added to the restrictions list after a recent rise in the number of positive coronavirus cases detected.

The latest restrictions will come into force from 4am on Saturday, November 28.

Meanwhile, a travel ban stopping anyone from Denmark visiting Scotland will also be lifted on Saturday morning.

But any new arrivals must still complete a fortnight of isolation in a bid to stop the spread of the virus.

The Scottish Government has also confirmed that 22 countries will now be added to the exemption list.

They are Aruba, Bhutan, Israel, Jerusalem, Kiribati, Micronesia, Mongolia, Namibia, Northern Mariana Islands, Rwanda, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Uruguay, Vanuatu and the Caribbean islands of the US Virgin Islands, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba.

Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf said: “We continue to closely monitor the status of the pandemic in countries across the world, given circumstances can change so rapidly and that all of us must take great care to avoid contributing to the spread of the virus.

“The removal of the travel ban on visitors from Denmark as well as the addition of a number of destinations to the list of countries designated exempt from quarantine requirements, should not be taken as a green light for lots of people to arrange overseas travel.

“Our message remains clear that people should think very hard before committing to non-essential foreign travel as the public health situation, and therefore our response to it, can change rapidly.

“It is imperative that we disrupt the spread of this virus which remains a significant challenge in Scotland and across the world.”

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