Scotland's devolved government has announced the Covid lockdown for adults in the top 'level 4' areas will be extended from the planned mid-February date until at least February 28 and also that all direct international arrivals to the country will be subjected to automatic quarantine.

The government also intends to offer assistance to the aviation sector, but has offered no details.

 

Also, it is not known how the quarantine move will be implemented, because many travellers to Scotland arrive via English airports, including Heathrow in London.

 

It is believed 70 per cent of current Covid infections in Scotland are from the UK's new and mutated strain, which spreads more easily, though currently it is not showing an increase in morbidity.