@iwrats - just showed that to Mrs LB. She wonders if reverse is true!?
Meanwhile Linda Bauld, Professor of Public Health is mystified. She thinks that cross border infection is a big risk and that anyone arriving on the islands should go into a hotel. ScotGov not commented. So only one family are in hotel after flying into Edinburgh from Istanbul. This other family came via common travel area which includes Dublin.
The first international travellers to go into one of Scotland's quarantine hotels have been told they can leave after a day because of a loophole.From BBCSince Monday, all passengers arriving in Scotland on international flights have to enter "managed isolation".
However, this does not apply to those coming from within the Common Travel Area, including the UK and Ireland.
The passengers were told that since they arrived from the US via Ireland, they could instead isolate at home.
On Monday, Chun Wong and his daughter flew into Scotland from the United States via Dublin, and went straight to a hotel at Edinburgh Airport.
Mr Wong told BBC Scotland that on Monday night officials told them a mistake had been made and the pair could self-isolate at home in Fife.
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