whole of the UK and the Republic, which already operate a common travel area. Leitch gave his view to MSP scrutinising the government’s covid response and proposals to monitor travellers arriving in the country.
It followed First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s announcement Scotland will diverge from the UK on quarantine to make it stricter north of the border.
Prof Leitch said: “The public health advice would be that a five-country solution would be the favoured solution – you can imagine why, it’s not rocket science.“Dealing with any access, via Dublin, from another country would be helpful to us.”He said if an agreement cannot be struck with other countries in the UK and Ireland, measures should still be put in place in Scotland to ensure.
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