Confusion over relaxation of hotel quarantine rules for Scots working in oil abroad
ByHamish Penman
Confusion reigned today over changes to Holyrood’s Covid-19 hotel quarantine rules for Scots returning from overseas oil jobs.
A trade union indicated this afternoon that restrictions were being relaxed for oil workers re-entering Scotland “from or via a non-acute country”.
But it has since been clarified that only those travelling back to Scotland from “an installation in the North Sea” via a low-risk country will be allowed to self-isolate at home with their families.
The update will come as a relief to the many Scottish residents employed on rigs offshore Norway, who now won’t be required to stay in a hotel.
