Question reference: S5W-34445
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 11 January 2021
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Current status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 25 January 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many international travellers have been tested for COVID-19 on arrival at airports in each month since March 2020, also broken down by how many tests were (a) positive, (b) negative and (c) inconclusive.
Answer
From 18 January all people arriving in Scotland from outside the Common Travel Area (UK, Republic of Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man) have to self-isolate for 10 full days. They must also have a valid negative COVID-19 test result, taken no more than three days before the scheduled time of departure.
During the contact tracing process, information is collected on whether a positive case has travelled outside of Scotland. This figures set out confirmed cases who, when interviewed, reported that they had travelled outside Scotland.
As published by PHS in the weekly Covid Statistical briefing:
Week Commencing | 05-Oct | 12-Oct | 19-Oct | 26-Oct | 02-Nov | 09-Nov | 16-Nov |
Cases reporting travel outside Scotland | 362 | 362 | 348 | 353 | 207 | 133 | 107 |
23-Nov | 30-Nov | 07-Dec | 14-Dec | 21-Dec | 28-Dec | 04-Jan | |
91 | 49 | 69 | 111 | 218 | 228 | 183 | |
Week Commencing | 05-Oct | 12-Oct | 19-Oct | 26-Oct | 02-Nov | 09-Nov | 16-Nov |
Cases reporting travel beyond UK | 93 | 106 | 106 | 85 | 88 | 67 | 69 |
23-Nov | 30-Nov | 07-Dec | 14-Dec | 21-Dec | 28-Dec | 04-Jan | |
66 | 28 | 30 | 26 | 53 | 72 | 84 |
This information is collected on the contact tracing interview and is where outside of Scotland travel information is recorded. Please note Public Health Scotland are aware of an undercount for those travelled outside Scotland. Public Health Scotland is working closely with contact tracing leads to improve this recording.
This information is only available from September 2020. The latest information on cases which have reported international travel can be found here: https://beta.isdscotland.org/find-publications-and-data/population-health/covid-19/covid-19-statistical-report/ .