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The announcement comes after a meeting between the four UK nations on Monday which decided all international travel restrictions for people arriving in the country will be lifted from 4am on Friday.
Shetland is some 300 kilometres (190 mi) due west of Norway [2] [3] and in favourable conditions could be reached in 24 hours from Hordaland in a Viking longship. [4] Orkney is 80 kilometres (50 mi) further to the south-west. [2] Some 16 kilometres (10 mi) due south of Orkney is the Scottish mainland. [5]
[2] Travel restrictions reduced the spread of the virus, but because they were first implemented after community spread had established in several countries in distant parts of the world—they produced only a modest reduction in the total number of people infected. Travel restrictions may be most important at the start and end of the pandemic. [3]
VisitBritain in April 2021, stated that the travel restrictions and lockdowns in the UK led to a 76% reduction in "inbound tourism" to the UK in 2020 and forecast for 2021 indicated an estimated that visits would be up "21% on 2020 but only 29% of the 2019 level". An increase in visits was expected but slowly at first and the report concluded ...
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[2] A COVID-19 testing centre is deliberately set on fire in Dumbarton. [3] 2 January – A total of five Scottish Professional Football League matches due to take place of the New Year weekend have been postponed due to team members testing positive for COVID; one game on New Year's Eve, two on New Year's Day, and a further two on 2 January. [4]
The first cases were detected in Scotland in the following weeks. By 16 March and following the outbreak in Italy, [6] [7] and based on forecasting by epidemiologists at Imperial College London [8] —the Scottish Government advised the public to avoid all "non-essential" travel and contact with others, and to remote work if possible.
A Scandinavian Airlines flight from Norway to Spain had to be diverted after a mouse climbed out of an in-flight meal. ... Ahjané Forbes is a reporter on the National Trending Team at USA TODAY ...