THE SNP has renewed calls on the UK Government to "follow the lead" of the Scottish Government's hotel quarantine rules after a UK-wide poll found the majority of Brits support it.

The YouGov poll shows a staggering 72% of respondents from across the UK said they would prefer that all people arriving in the UK should have to quarantine in a hotel while 74% of Scots backed the rules.

Just 18% backed the UK's "red list" rules where only people from "countries with a high level of corona cases" should have to do the 10-day hotel quarantine. The figure dropped to 15% in Scotland.

Commenting, the SNP's deputy Westminster leader Kirsten Oswald MP said: “It’s clear that the public back these limitations on international travel and managed quarantine rules, which are extremely difficult but give us the best chance of bringing us closer to normality here in Scotland.

The National: The SNP's deputy Westminster leader Kirsten Oswald MPThe SNP's deputy Westminster leader Kirsten Oswald MP

“However, in order for these measures to be as effective as possible, the SNP will continue to press the UK Government to follow the lead of the Scottish Government and the scientific and public health advice.

"Sage has already outlined that 'geographically targeted travel bans' were not enough to stop new coronavirus strains from arriving in the country, and the only way to 'get close' to stopping them was to close the borders completely or introduce mandatory hotel quarantine measures for everyone entering the UK.

"Even at this late stage, the UK Government must rethink its approach and strengthen measures for those arriving into the country. At the very least it must work with the Scottish Government to ensure that the rules in place in each UK nation are respected and implemented."

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In Scotland, everyone flying directly into a Scottish airport on international flights has to self-isolate for 10 days in a quarantine hotel room, under new regulations which came into effect on Monday.

Unless exempt, a passenger will have to pay £1750 to quarantine in a room at one of six designated hotels in a bid to avoid importation of the virus.

In England, the UK Government will only require hotel quarantine for visitors from a “red list” of 33 countries designated as high risk, including the whole of South America, southern Africa, Portugal and the United Arab Emirates.