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Covid update Scotland: International students forced into quarantine travel loophole

INTERNATIONAL students required to undertake hotel quarantine as part of Scottish measures to prevent new Covid-19 variants are claiming prohibitive costs mean they are forced to use a travel loophole and return via England. Since February 15, all international travellers arriving into Scotland must enter supervised quarantine in a registered hotel at their own cost. However in other parts of the UK supervised quarantine is only required for those arriving from specified “at risk” countries. The Scottish Government has called on the UK Government to impose stricter restrictions. However figures suggest hundreds of travellers are meanwhile opting to avoid Scottish quarantine by arriving via England.

International students forced into travel loophole

International students, required to undertake hotel quarantine as part of Scottish measures to prevent new Covid-19 variants, are claiming prohibitive costs mean they are using a travel loophole to return via England.  Since 15 February all international travellers arriving into Scotland must enter supervised quarantine in a registered hotel at their own cost. However in other parts of the UK supervised quarantine is only required for those arriving from specified “at risk” countries. The Scottish Government has called on the UK Government to impose stricter restrictions. However figures suggest hundreds of travellers are meanwhile opting to avoid Scottish quarantine by arriving via England.

Coronavirus Scotland: NHS dentistry facing crisis

NHS dentistry in Scotland is facing a looming crisis after it was announced graduations would be postponed and no new students taken on this year, leaving a potential shortage of trained staff. There are fears that losing a cohort of freshly trained dentists will worsen the squeeze on services, amid already acute worries over their sustainability in the wake of Covid-19. One senior figure told The Herald there was a pressing need for changes to the emergency funding model put in place to support practices and said the NHS risked haemorrhaging staff to the private sector or other countries. Dentists warned previously that waiting times were going to “shoot through the roof” because of a virus-related cap on patient numbers, and that six-monthly check ups were unlikely to return.

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