Travel rules for vaccinated US and EU arrivals in Scotland explained as restrictions to change

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PAISLEY DAILY EXPRESS: Live news as it happensA landmark moment for Renfrewshire school children, thousands of students were asked to quarantine for 10 days in the 2020/21 school year - many on multiple occasions.Figures revealed by the Express earlier this year showed that Renfrewshire pupils were particularly badly hit by the pandemic.The local authority area was one of only three in Scotland which had at least 50 per cent of its schools have one or more pupil test positive for the virus.In

State Pension provides essential financial support every month for around 12.6 million people across the UK, including 981,399 Scots and for some, it is their only source of income during their retirement years. This regular payment is delivered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and is available for those who have reached the UK Government’s eligible retirement age, which increased to 66 for both men and women in October 2020.

coronavirus vaccine before the schools return from summer holidays next week. 16 and 17-year-olds are now eligible for the covid jab after being granted permission by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) last week.

Covid vaccine clinics have opened for the country’s teens today. People aged 16 and 17 will now be able to get their first coronavirus jag at all clinics on the mainland that offers the Pfizer vaccine.

dance floors last night after remaining empty for the whole of the pandemic. On Monday, nightclubs opened their doors at the stroke of midnight on 'Freedom Day' as excited revellers returned to drinking and dancing.

traffic light system has been updated with new travel restrictions on popular summer hotspots. The latest rules, which apply to Scotland, come into effect at 4am on Sunday, August 8, with changes to the green, amber and red lists.

iOS - Android Last month the Scottish Government issued new guidance to permit certain key workers to attend during their self-isolation period.However, it only applies in limited special circumstances.Stephen said said: “Members should be made aware that the employer has to meet certain criteria before even asking a worker to attend work during their self-isolation period.“Members should also be clear that it is entirely voluntary and they are not compelled to work if they have been required to

bogus benefit claims for children she did not have. Dundee medic Kiyo Adya was today found to have filled out fraudulent paperwork and made phone calls to HMRC officials pretending to be eight different mums before her businessman boyfriend was jailed for a £35,000 child benefit scam.

vaccinated, a leading health expert has said. Linda Bauld, professor of public health at the University of Edinburgh, wants to see children given the coronavirus vaccine that has been successfully rolled out across the country to the majority of the adult population.

Nicola Sturgeon 's Scottish Government last week. If countries in the EU remain on Scotland's amber list then travellers will no longer have to self-isolate for 10 days on arrival.

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Bosses from the UK’s live music scene have been calling on the government to allow for “cultural quarantine” passes, so that international bands and artists can perform at gigs and festivals this summer without the need to self-isolate for COVID-19 upon arrival – just as they had made possible for athletes and sports stars.Now, the government in England is reportedly set to bring about a policy change that will apply from 4am on Monday 2 August 2021, as The Independent reports.

Good news if you’ve been fully vaccinated in the U.S. and European Union — you will no longer need to quarantine on arrival in England.

Government ministers are currently in conversation with UK Government officials about introducing the measure for holidaymakers. Any changes could come into force next week, with a decision expected at some point today - according to reports.

Alan Cumming has told fans he has tested positive for coronavirus but is already being double vaccinated. Alan, who lives in the States, urged people to get their Covid jabs despite not displaying any symptoms of the virus.Alan told his fans: 'I tested positive for COVID! I am isolating and following all the protocols but feeling totally fine because of the vaccine.

vaccine programme means a Scots student may miss her brother’s wedding because of quarantine exemption rules. Giulia Calabrese, who attends St Andrews University, had one of her Covid jags in Scotland and the other in England.

State Pension provides essential financial support every month for around 12.6 million people across the UK, including 981,399 Scots and for some, it is their only source of income during their retirement years. This regular payment is delivered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and is available for those who have reached the UK Government’s eligible retirement age, which increased to 66 for both men and women in October 2020.