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Coronavirus: John Swinney press conference November 13th; SCOTLAND: Edinburgh: St Andrew's House: INT John Swinney MSP (Deputy First Minister of Scotland) opening statement SOT- Since last Saturday there has been travel ban on visitors from Denmark entering any part of the United Kingdom, including Scotland. I can confirm that ban remains in place.In addition, the Scottish Government also removed a number of countries from our quarantine list. Those countries are:BahrainCambodiaChileIcelandLaosQatarthe United Arab Emirates;We have also removed the Turks and Caicos Islands.It means that from 4am tomorrow, anyone who travels to Scotland from these places will no longer be required to self-isolate.These changes are a reminder that, while the virus is resurgent in much of the world right now, there are real variations, between different countries and areas. And the situation can change very rapidly.That is, of course, the nature of a global pandemic. And its why are continuing to advise very strongly against non-essential overseas travel, at the moment.On Tuesday, the Scottish Government announced changes to the restrictions for certain parts of the country. And today, those changes come into effect.The first applies to people living in Shetland, Orkney and the Western Isles. Residents of those islands are now able to meet with one other household inside their homes, up to a strict maximum of six people.However, in order to minimize risk of the virus being imported, we are advising anyone who goes to or returns to the islands, from the mainland, to avoid in-house mixing for a period after their return.The second change applies in Fife, Angus and Perth and Kinross. From today, those local authority areas have moved from level 2 to level 3.The Scottish Government website sets out the detail of the level 3 restrictions. However, there is one specific aspect of the guida...