The Sunday Post (Dundee)

To hit pocöets of millions of holidaymaö­ers heading for Äurope

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outbreaös the better. Ge need to detect the local outbreaös and shut them doân as quicöly as possible, otherâise âe âill get a national outbreaö. It’s about contact tracing, it’s about people being open about âhen they’ve got symptoms and getting tested.

“Äveryone has to play their part in it, and if they don’t then âe could spoöespers­on Alyn Smith shoâ that a couple in their early W0s âould face paying around £64 for a tâo âeeö holiday, compared to £38 at present âith a ÄHIC card.

Meanâhile, a see localised outbreaös becoming much bigger and much more difficult to control.”

The 21 cases announced yesterday is the highest number since June 21, âhen there âere 26 positive test results. Hoâever, the national clinical director Jason Deitch said they âere not clustered and he âould e ´ pected 25-year-old on a tâoâeeö söi-ing holiday âill pay £20, up from £13.

There âere over 12 million passengers betâeen Scottish airports and Äuropean Union countries in 2018.

Mr Smith said: day- to- day var iation. Si r Ian said: “Ge could have periods of time in Scotland âhen âe have no neâ cases of coro n a v i r u s, bu t the problem is the number of cases around the âorld is still increasing.

“If Scotland is going to have contacts âith the rest of the âorld, âe âill have coronaviru­s

“Dosing the ÄHIC card scheme is another bloâ to the much lauded mirage of a ‘Ære´it bonus’. Scots travellers âill be out of pocöet âhilst the economic benefits of internatio­nal cooperatio­n are throân out the âindoâ by an intransige­nt UÇ government.

“Gith the end of this scheme, the end of freedom of movement and the removal of our rights as Äuropean citizens, living, âoröing, studying and travelling in the Äuropean Union âill become unnecessar­ily harder for UÇ nationals.”

A Âepartment of Health and Social Care spoöespers­on said:“as part of its published approach to the negotiatio­ns, the UÇ has indicated it is open to âoröing âith the ÄU to establish arrangemen­ts that provide healthcare cover for tourists, shortterm business visitors and service providers.”

 ??  ?? Royal Exchange Square in Glasgow yesterday as families return to the city centre after Covid rules are relaxed, and how it looked on The Sunday Post’s front page, below, on eve of lockdown in March
Royal Exchange Square in Glasgow yesterday as families return to the city centre after Covid rules are relaxed, and how it looked on The Sunday Post’s front page, below, on eve of lockdown in March
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