Scotland's travel rules simplified but test regime may stay
National clinical director Prof Jason Leitch said Scotland would also adopt the new traffic light system and remove some countries from the red list.He told: "What we're going to do about testing is that we're going to take a little bit more time."That feels like quite a big step at this stage in the pandemic for Scotland.
The Scottish government said its current amber-level restrictions will become the default for travellers from non-red countries, with eligible fully-vaccinated travellers able to benefit from quarantine-free travel. The number of countries recognised in the eligible vaccinated traveller policy is being expanded to include Canada, Australia, Israel, and New Zealand from 4 October.A spokesman for Edinburgh Airport criticised the Scottish government's decision to "diverge yet again and further curtail Scotland's aviation and travel industries in their recovery".
"This is great news for airports in Manchester and Newcastle - passengers will now travel there to avoid expensive tests and save around £100 per person, taking money out of Scotland's economy and threatening our airline capacity."As part of its announcement, the UK government said that from October, it would be able to replace the day two PCR test for travellers returning to England with a cheaper, rapid lateral flow test.
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