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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 meas
Travellers from 11 more countries banned from Scotland
Anyone arriving from Israel and Jerusalem must also now quarantine after exemption was removed.
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Travellers from 11 more countries have been banned from Scotland (Image: Garry F McHarg / Daily Record)
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