Foreign travel health rules updated
Published:
Part of:
Travellers arriving in Scotland from Israel and Jerusalem must now quarantine on arrival for 10 days.
A significant increase in cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in these countries as well as a rise in the numbers of cases testing positive, and the associated risk of importation into Scotland has led to the decisions to remove exemption status.
The current additional restrictions in relation to South Africa are to remain in place and will be reviewed should new information become available on progress by the South African authorities to contain the outbreak.
Botswana, Mauritius and Seychelles are also being removed from the list of destinations exempt from quarantine on arrival in Scotland in light of the spread of the South African variant. Travel from those countries, as well as Angola, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe will become subject to the additional measures in place for South Africa, including a travel ban for arrivals other than British nationals and those with a right to reside in the UK, enforced by the UK Government using reserved immigration powers.