Quarantine arrangement between Ireland and Scotland 'favoured solution', says Jason Leitch

A quarantine arrangement between the UK and Ireland is the “favoured solution”, Professor Jason Leitch has said.

Scotland’s national clinical director said the best-case scenario for avoiding a third wave of coronavirus will be to include the Republic of Ireland in measures due to the existence of a common travel area with the UK.

The Scottish Government has said it will diverge from current UK policy, which will see a system of “managed quarantine” brought in for travellers arriving from certain countries.

Jets parked up on the runway of Dublin airport for Ryanair. Picture: PA

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said those measures do not go far enough and her Government will bring in such a system for all travellers from overseas, while also lobbying Westminster to tighten the rules.