Travellers arriving in Scotland from Greece will need to quarantine for 2 weeks following a “considerable” spike in coronavirus cases.
The change will enter into force at 4am on Thursday due to apparent new evidence that COVID-19 is being imported.
In Wales, individuals coming back from Zante are being asked to self-isolate for 2 weeks, after seven infections were found on a flight from the popular Greek island that landed in Cardiff on 25 August.
Travellers showing up in Scotland will have to quarantine from 4am on Thursday
The demand is not obligatory, but the Welsh health minister wants a conference with politicians in the other UK countries to agree to include Greece to all their separate quarantine lists.
On The Other Hand rates of flights from Portugal to the UK have soared as the country is anticipated be next on the quarantine list.
Holidaymakers are currently scrambling to get home, with British Airways charging up to ₤554 for a seat on Thursday compared to simply ₤139 the very same day the following week.
Decisions about adding countries to or eliminating them from the so-called list of “travel passages” are normally taken every Thursday, with those where cases are greater than 20 per 100,000 individuals at specific danger.
In Greece, the figure is 13.7 per 100,000, according to the current figures from the European Centre for Illness Prevention and Control.
But Scotland’s primary medical officer, Dr Gregor Smith, said there had been a noteworthy number of “imported cases linked to the Greek islands”.
Wales is asking individuals coming from Zante to self-isolate for 2 weeks
A series of European locations have actually currently been affected by unexpected quarantine statements this summertime, such as Spain, France and Croatia.
It comes as some coronavirus lockdown restrictions were tightened in and around Glasgow
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