Czech Republic taken off quarantine free list

S cots returning home from the Czech Republic and Jamaica will be required to quarantine when new rules come into force early tomorrow.

Justice secretary Humza Yousaf announced the latest changes yesterday to travel regulations, as MSPS demanded answers from him over how many reports have been made to Police Scotland in relation to “quarantine issues”.

MSPS on Holyrood’s health committee are also keen to find out how many Scots who are in quarantine have gone on to develop Covid-19 symptoms and test positive for the virus, and which countries they visited.

In a letter to the justice secretary, committee convener Lewis Macdonald said they would also “urge further consideration” of a regional approach to quarantine being dev eloped and would “welcome further detail on how that could be achieved”.

The committee has given Mr Yo us a fa week to respond, asking for a reply from him by Thursday next week. Travellers returning from the Czech Republic and Jamaica will be required tos el f-i solate for 14 days from 4am tomorrow.