Question reference: S5W-35208
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 15 February 2021
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Current status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 1 March 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has a planned end date to the current hotel-based quarantine rules.
Answer
New and comprehensive quarantine rules are essential to prevent new variants from entering the country and undermining the roll out of the vaccination programme. Restricting national and international travel allow us to lower the risk of new variants undermining our vaccination programme.
Any decision on ending the policy of managed isolation will be contingent on the epidemiological data and wider evidence about the rollout and success of our vaccination programme. Such a decision will be considered, in due course, in the context of a refreshed strategic approach to suppressing the virus.