An overseas traveller today said he is happy to do whatever it takes as new quarantine measures came into force for Scotland.
People flying directly into a Scottish airport on international flights have to self-isolate for 10 days in a quarantine hotel room, under new regulations that took effect this morning.
Unless exempt, a passenger will have to pay £1,750 to quarantine in a room at one of six designated hotels in a bid to avoid new virus variants arriving into the country.
Chun Yong arrived at Edinburgh Airport this morning with his eight-year-old daughter Kiernan, having caught a connecting flight at Dublin from the USA.
The next step of England's novel coronavirus vaccination program is due to start on Monday with invitations being sent out to people aged 65 to 69 and the clinically vulnerable, as it expands beyond the initial priority groups.
Meher Nawab, chief executive of the London Hotel Group, warns airport hotels often rely on central air flow systems, which he says raises the risk of the airborne virus spreading between guests and staff.
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UK nationals or residents returning to England from 33 “red list” countries will be required to spend 10 days in government-designated accommodation from Monday, with adults paying £1,750 for the quarantine package.
How many tests do people need to get?
1 - Passengers get their first mandatory test within 72-hours of their departing flight.
(When they arrive - from a country that isn t on the list of 33 red countries that must quarantine in a hotel - they must isolate for 10 days)
2 - On day two of self-isolation, a Covid PCR test will be administered. The tests will be posted to the traveller, it is understood.
3 - An optional test can be taken on the fifth day of at-home isolation. If it comes back negative, the traveller will no-longer have to self isolate.
4 - Another mandatory test will be carried out on day eight.