Covid in Scotland: Quarantine hotel plan to cover all overseas flights



Everyone arriving in Scotland on an international flight from next Monday will have to quarantine in a hotel for 10 days.

The Scottish government said it would be "block booking" 1,300 rooms at six hotels near the country's airports.

The £1,750 cost of the stay will have to be borne by passengers themselves.

A similar scheme will operate in other parts of the UK, but unlike Scotland, only flights from countries on a "red list" will be covered.

No hotels have yet confirmed whether rooms have been booked.

Transport Secretary Michael Matheson said there were approximately 1,600 Scottish arrivals in the last week of January, and numbers fell to 730 in the first week of February.

He said: "The number of travellers coming to Scotland directly is reducing and I expect these restrictions to reduce arrivals yet further.

"These measures will be backed with criminal offences as usual. The stronger approach we are taking are necessary and appropriate."

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