Nicola Sturgeon has backed the Welsh government’s decision to ban visitors from Covid-19 hotspots in the rest of the UK in a bid to curb the virus spreading.
Scotland's First Minister tweeted her support for Welsh counterpart Mark Drakeford after he announced his plans for new restrictions on Wednesday.
The ban - which will come into force at 5pm on Friday - will see visitors from areas with soaring coronavirus cases in Scotland, England and Northern Ireland banned from entering Wales.
Nicola Sturgeon wrote: “Fully support @fmwales on this. These are public health decisions, and nothing to do with constitutional or political debates.
“@scotgov will also take whatever action we consider necessary to control COVID.”
She said she will be writing to Prime Minister Boris Johnson to "seek urgent talks" on the issue of travel within the UK.
Her response followed a tweet from Drakeford which said he had not yet received a formal response from Johnson about his travel restriction plans.
Announcing his plans, Drakeford said: "We are preparing to take this action to prevent people who live in areas where there are higher COVID infection rates across the UK from travelling to Wales and bringing the virus with them.”
The First Minister told the Welsh Parliament that Prime Minister Boris Johnson has not replied to his requests for travel restrictions to be imposed in areas of England with high levels of coronavirus.
"I have therefore asked for the necessary work to be brought forward, which would allow for devolved powers to be used to prevent people from travelling into Wales from high-prevalence areas of the United Kingdom," he said.
He added that it was "important" to emphasise that it was not an issue regarding the border between Wales and England but a "matter of fairness".
"We've already heard from the First Minister of Scotland and she's eager to support what we're trying to do here.
“Now is the time for the Prime Minister to do the same thing. If he isn't willing to do so then the timetable is for us to use the powers in Wales by the end of the week."
Meanwhile, Sturgeon has advised Scots against travelling to high-risk areas of England as she singled out Blackpool as "associated with a large and growing number of Covid cases in Scotland".
The SNP leader warned that Celtic and Rangers fans should not travel to Lancashire town to watch the Old Firm match in pubs on Saturday.
She added those who have not already booked a trip to the area should not now do so.
