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  Aug 14, 2020  
     
 

Good morning,

Six more countries have been removed from the list of quarantine exemptions, it emerged late last night.

At 10pm on Thursday evening, after a conference call with officials from each of the four UK nations, Scottish Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf told followers on Twitter that travellers returning from France, The Netherlands, Monaco, Malta, Turks and Caicos, and Aruba would soon be told to self-isolate for 14 days upon their return.

Mr Yousaf said a collective decision was made in the light of new evidence.

The quarantine exemption for the six new countries will end at 4am on Saturday, August 15.

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