Portugal added to Scotland's list of quarantine countries
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The Scottish Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf revealed the measures around an hour after the Welsh Government announced a 14-day quarantine rule for travellers from the European country and a number of Greek islands.
It follows an increase in positive coronavirus test results for Portugal, with cases rising and staying above 20 per 100,000.
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Hide AdMr Yousaf tweeted: "If arriving into Scotland from Portugal or French Polynesia from 4am Sat (5th Sept) you'll have to self-isolate for 14 days.
"Gibraltar high up our watch list of countries we are monitoring closely.
"This week's data shows increase in test positivity & cases per 100k in Portugal."
Pressure has been mounting on England to remove Portugal from the UK Government's quarantine exemption list after its coronavirus case rate worsened.
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Hide AdThere were 23.0 Covid-19 cases per 100,000 people in the country in the seven days to Wednesday, up from 15.3 a week earlier.
The Scottish Government also required travellers from Greece to self-isolate for 14 days from Thursday.
In Greece, the seven-day coronavirus case rate is 13.8. It is 15.3 in Ireland and 14.7 in the UK.
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