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Can you link to an article saying this is the policy of the Scottish government?

Mediterraneo10 6y ago
Consider any of the coverage of the dispute between Scotland and Westminster on the hotel quarantine regulations, e.g. [0] Westminster is only requiring quarantine from a certain list of countries, while Scotland wants quarantine on all arrivals regardless of what country they come from. Sturgeon also said bluntly this week that international travel this summer is "highly unlikely", even though Westminster has been much more cautious about making such statements. The Scottish government has been particularly reliant on advice from Devi Sridhar at the University of Edinburgh, who wants a "zero-COVID" approach and says that allowing life to get back to normal within a country is worth Australian-style draconian border closings and quarantine obligations, even if they might last years. [0] https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/scotland-hotel-quarantine-all-air-passengers-sufficient-b919158.html https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/scotland-hotel-quarantine...
- neilwilson 6y ago
  Given there is freedom of movement within the U.K. and that is a competency of Westminster not Holyrood, it’s going to be difficult for them to do that.
- randomsearch 6y ago
  to be clear for others: zero covid is not the policy of the scottish government, as far as I can google or the reply can support.
  - Mediterraneo10 6y ago
    The Scottish government has called for obligatory hotel quarantine for all travelers flying in from everywhere à la Australia or New Zealand. That is pretty much the definition of the zero COVID approach.
    - randomsearch 6y ago
      Here's the definition from the zero covid website. (http://zerocovid.uk/founding-statement/ http://zerocovid.uk/founding-statement/) What is the Zero Covid Strategy? It means eliminating the spread of infection between people in the UK and putting in place measures to prevent or quickly staunch any further imported cases. Today that means four key steps: - A full UK-wide lockdown until new cases in the community have been reduced close to zero - An effective find, test, trace, isolate and support (FTTIS) system, run locally in the public sector, to quickly squash any further outbreaks - Covid screening, and where necessary quarantine, at all ports of entry to the UK - Guarantee the livelihood of everyone who loses money because of the pandemic

Consider any of the coverage of the dispute between Scotland and Westminster on the hotel quarantine regulations, e.g. [0] Westminster is only requiring quarantine from a certain list of countries, while Scotland wants quarantine on all arrivals regardless of what country they come from. Sturgeon also said bluntly this week that international travel this summer is "highly unlikely", even though Westminster has been much more cautious about making such statements. The Scottish government has been particularly reliant on advice from Devi Sridhar at the University of Edinburgh, who wants a "zero-COVID" approach and says that allowing life to get back to normal within a country is worth Australian-style draconian border closings and quarantine obligations, even if they might last years. [0] https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/scotland-hotel-quarantine-all-air-passengers-sufficient-b919158.html https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/scotland-hotel-quarantine...

neilwilson 6y ago
Given there is freedom of movement within the U.K. and that is a competency of Westminster not Holyrood, it’s going to be difficult for them to do that.
randomsearch 6y ago
to be clear for others: zero covid is not the policy of the scottish government, as far as I can google or the reply can support.
- Mediterraneo10 6y ago
  The Scottish government has called for obligatory hotel quarantine for all travelers flying in from everywhere à la Australia or New Zealand. That is pretty much the definition of the zero COVID approach.
  - randomsearch 6y ago
    Here's the definition from the zero covid website. (http://zerocovid.uk/founding-statement/ http://zerocovid.uk/founding-statement/) What is the Zero Covid Strategy? It means eliminating the spread of infection between people in the UK and putting in place measures to prevent or quickly staunch any further imported cases. Today that means four key steps: - A full UK-wide lockdown until new cases in the community have been reduced close to zero - An effective find, test, trace, isolate and support (FTTIS) system, run locally in the public sector, to quickly squash any further outbreaks - Covid screening, and where necessary quarantine, at all ports of entry to the UK - Guarantee the livelihood of everyone who loses money because of the pandemic