The First Minister has said she will not rule out imposing a quarantine on UK visitors if it's needed.
But Nicola Sturgeon has also said it would not be a decision she would make lightly.
Speaking on BBC's Andrew Marr Show on Sunday on the subject of self-isolation for visitors, she said UK nations need to work together on outbreak management in a way that "mitigates against having to put any border restrictions in place," reports EdinburghLive.
She said she is not "immediately planning" to implement a quarantine policy but will "take decisions the best I can to protect the health of Scotland and to take that absolutely from a public health perspective."
The Scottish Government has to take a "very close look" to make sure the virus is not coming in to Scotland from other parts of the UK, the First Minister said.
"This is not about saying to people in England 'You are not welcome in Scotland' - of course people in England are welcome in Scotland," she added.
"This is not about politics, it's not about a constitutional agenda, it's just about taking decisions to protect people in Scotland as much as possible from Covid.
"We need to be sure that any outbreaks in England are being properly managed, just as England will want to be sure that any outbreaks in Scotland are properly managed," she said. "It's when there isn't that confidence that the concerns about possible importation would grow."
Ms Sturgeon said she regrets and apologises for every death from Covid-19.
But she added: "What I absolutely refute is that there was some particular problem in Scotland or that we didn't take great care."
Deaths in care homes are lower in Scotland than in England, with Scotland attributing more of them to coronavirus, Ms Sturgeon has said.
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