Quarantine

Britain's Heather Watson is among the players forced to remain in their hotel rooms for 14 days.

Quarantining tennis stars turn hotel rooms into training courts in desperate bid to get ready for Australian Open

January 17, 2021

Preparations for the Australian Open have been thrown into chaos with 47 players having to isolate (PA)

Sport

Players were made aware of isolation risks on arrival to Australia – Craig Tiley

January 16, 2021

Heather Watson now faces a fortnight confined to her hotel room in Australia (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Sport

Heather Watson among 47 players forced to quarantine ahead of Australian Open

January 16, 2021

Dubai (Yui Mok/PA)

Dubai’s addition to travel quarantine list likely to hit jet-setting celebrities

January 11, 2021

People returning to Scotland from Dubai will have to isolate for 10 days (Jane Barlow/PA)

Dubai added to Scotland’s travel quarantine list

January 10, 2021

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has said inisters must ‘get a grip’ on people arriving in the UK from abroad to stop the spread of coronavirus (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

London Mayor tells ministers to ‘get a grip’ on foreign arrivals

January 4, 2021

11 testing firms are on a Government-approved list (Yui Mok/PA)

New system to cut quarantine suffers ‘chaotic start’

December 15, 2020

(Andrew Milligan/PA)

UK

What are the UK’s new self-isolation rules?

December 11, 2020

(Andrew Milligan/PA)

UK

What are the UK’s new self-isolation rules?

December 11, 2020

(Andrew Matthews/PA)

UK

Self-isolation for Covid-19 contacts and international arrivals cut to 10 days

December 11, 2020

UK holidaymakers on the Canary Islands have hit out at new quarantine rules which have disrupted their Christmas plans (Lauren Hurley/PA)

Holidaymakers hit out at ‘crazy’ Canary Islands quarantine decision

December 11, 2020

John Swinney said Scotland will not follow England in lifting quarantine rules for business executives and sports stars (Jane Barlow/PA)

No quarantine exemption for high-flyers or sports stars in Scotland

December 4, 2020

High-value business travellers, sports stars and performing arts professionals will be exempt from England’s quarantine requirement for international arrivals from Saturday (Steve Parsons/PA)

Quarantine exemption for high-value business travellers and sports stars

December 3, 2020

Travellers arriving in England will be able to end their quarantine with a negative coronavirus test after five days from December 15, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Passengers will be able to end quarantine with negative test after five days

November 24, 2020

British Airways passengers will be tested for coronavirus in a bid to prove the UK’s quarantine policy should be scrapped (Steve Parsons/PA)

British Airways to trial Covid-19 tests on passengers

November 17, 2020

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has insisted the Government is making ‘very good progress’ in developing a testing regime to reduce the 14-day quarantine period for international arrivals (Steve Parsons/PA)

Government making ‘very good progress’ on testing regime for travellers – Shapps

November 9, 2020

Non-British residents or citizens have been banned from entering the UK from Denmark after a strain of coronavirus linked to Danish mink farms was discovered (Chris Ison/PA)

New quarantine restrictions for Denmark after outbreak in mink farms

November 7, 2020

People arriving into Scotland from Denmark now have to quarantine for 14 days (Jane Barlow/PA)

Denmark added to quarantine list amid outbreaks linked to mink farms

November 6, 2020

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David Knight: Whether to take the holiday plunge has me totally stumped

November 2, 2020

Travellers from the two countries wlll be required to quarantine from 4am on Sunday (Jane Barlow/PA)

Cyprus and Lithuania added to Scotland’s quarantine list

October 29, 2020

Cyprus and Lithuania have been removed from the list of travel corridors (Yui Mok/PA)

Cyprus and Lithuania removed from quarantine-free list

October 29, 2020

Some 629 people were out when officers attended and so faced no further police action (David Cheskin/PA)

UK

Police could not trace 1,009 people who broke international quarantine rules

October 28, 2020

The Government dismissed reports that businessmen are to be exempt from the 14-day quarantine rule (Philip Toscano/PA)

Minister dismisses reports of 14-day quarantine exemption for business trips

October 27, 2020

News

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October 2, 2020

Scottish politics

Coronavirus in the October holidays: What destinations should you avoid?

October 2, 2020