Spain admits to concerns over tourists
A SPANISH minister has said there is “slight” concern from some people in his country about UK coronavirus rates as it opens its borders to British tourists again.
Manuel Muniz, of Spain’s foreign ministry, said UK tourists will need to undergo a temperature check, a visible check and fill in a health form.
Asked if people in Spain were worried about infection rates in the UK being higher than in their own country, Muniz said: “Slightly. But these are still low numbers of circulation.
“So, Spain is now a particularly safe place as we have undergone a very strict quarantine and confinement period.”
While British tourists travelling to Spain will not have to quarantine in the country, anyone returning to the UK would still need to quarantine for 14 days.
Muniz added: “From the point of view of Spain, we have always thought we would open our border to the UK at the same time as we did with the rest of the European member states, which we have. We see the numbers in the UK also coming down, so there was no health reason for us to impose that quarantine on Brits coming in.”
Muniz told the BBC: “Basically, they are going to see three fundamental checks at the border. There’s a temperature check. There will be a visual check of everybody arriving. And, they will have to fill in a health form where they are going to have to indicate any symptoms they might have had in the prior days. Any contact with Covid-19 confirmed cases.
“They are also going to have to leave contact details, and there will be a follow-up for the following 14 days from the health authorities.”