Scots tourists hit by Greece blow as holiday hotspot added to quarantine list

Scottish Government has announced. The changes come into effect at 4am on Saturday, meaning from then people entering Scotland from Slovenia and Guadeloupe must self-isolate for 14 days on arrival.

holidaymakers scheduled to fly to Portugal. Travellers due to head over to the holiday hotspot were dealt a blow last week when the Scottish Government imposed new travel restrictions.

holidaymakers are set to be removed from the travel corridor list. Travellers coming back into England from the the islands of Lesvos, Tinos, Serifos, Mykonos, Crete, Santorini and Zakynthos will be required to self-isolate for two weeks from 4am on Wednesday.The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is now advising against all but essential travel to the islands.

coronavirus quarantine policy. Thursday's highly-anticipated announcement from the Department for Transport saw Portugal and Greece fail to be removed from the safe list for English travellers, despite speculation they were set to be dropped.

virus infection rate in Portugal has recently increased to 23.0 Covid-19 cases per 100,000 people in the seven days to Wednesday, up from 15.3 a week earlier.Portugal was placed on the quarantine list when it was created at the beginning of July.But the country's number of cases dropped to 14.38 cases per 100,000 people last month - below the normal 20 per 100,000 limit.That saw the Scottish Government take Portugal off the quarantine list on August 22 only for it now to be sin-binned once again

No changes have been made to England's quarantine list, it has been confirmed.The decision not to add or remove any countries to the travel corridor list comes after it was feared there would be chaos for holidaymakers.But this isn't the case for Wales where it has been announced by Health Minister Vaughan Gething that mainland Portugal has been added to the Welsh quarantine list, although the Azores and Madeira will remain exempt.There were concerns that for people in England, Greece could be

holidaymakers heading to Greece have slammed the prospect of heading into quarantine on their return.The Scottish Government requires travellers from the Mediterranean country to self-isolate for 14 days from 4am today after a spike in coronavirus cases.Passengers heading to Rhodes from Edinburgh Airport yesterday told of holiday plans thrown into chaos.IT worker Ian Whigham, 62, and wife Jan, 57, only booked their one-week break on Sunday - having already lost money on a cancelled holiday to

holidaymakers  heading to Greece will have to self-isolate for 14 days from 4am today after new restrictions implemented by the Scottish Government come into force today. Passengers heading to the holiday destination were thrown into chaos just weeks after France was also added to the list with little time for sunseekers to make it home.

England is facing pressure to reconsider quarantine rules for Greece after Scotland and Wales introduced new measures over concerns about rising coronavirus cases.The Department for Transport (DfT) said no change to its rules for England had been made, but Wales’ health minister Vaughan Gething said he would be pressing the UK government for an urgent meeting to consider the potential risk in Greece.The Scottish government announced on Tuesday evening that travellers from Greece would have to

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterTravellers arriving in Scotland from Greece are to face a self isolation period of 14 days, it was announced tonight.The rule will come into force from 4am on Thursday, following a "significant" rise in cases in the popular sunshine destination.Thousands of Scots tourists who are currently on holiday face the quarantine upon their return.The Scottish Government said the rule was coming into force

Adam Collard has revealed he's tested positive for coronavirus after returning from his holiday in Greece.The 24 year old, who was previously spotted holding hands with Demi Sims, took to his Instagram stories to share a short clip of himself informing his fans that he's been "lying on the bed, lying on the couch and lying on the kitchen floor".The Love Island star explained that despite sharing a bed with a pal during the trip, his friend has tested negative for the virus while he's stuck in

coronavirus cases since the pandemic emerged earlier this year. Health officials in the country recorded 293 positive cases of Covid-19 yesterday amid a recent surge in infections.