Spanish beaches closed
BRITS FACE CHAOS IN HUNT FOR A SUNSPOT
SPANISH beaches are turning away British sunseekers to maintain social distancing in a sign of summer chaos to come.
With fears of a second wave of the killer Covid-19 virus growing, coastal hotspots have shut just as UK holidaymakers head to Spain for a much-needed break.
Around 55 beaches were closed over the weekend to reduce the number of visitors and to keep to a 1.5metre distance rule.
Tourists escaping three months of lockdown were barred from 30 beaches on the Costa del Sol.
Resorts in Malaga, Cadiz, Huelva, Almería and Granada were all affected.
Restrictions came just days after Spain opened its borders again. But a surge in Covid-19 infections saw the country impose a second series of local lockdowns in just two days on Sunday.
Holidays
The north-western region of Galicia enforced lockdown on 70,000 people to curb the spread of the deadly bug.
And 200,000 residents in the region of Segria, near Barcelona, were plunged back into lockdown after a “sharp rise” in infections. As many as 400,000 people have reportedly gone into local selfisolation across the country.
Problems are expected to get worse as July goes on with more foreign travellers expected to arrive and Spaniards starting their annual summer holidays.
People in England can fly to 75 “travel corridor” countries including France,
Italy and Spain without needing to quarantine if they return from July 10.
Ministers warned that they “will not hesitate” to re-impose quarantine rules if conditions worsen in those nations. ● ONLY 25 countries on Government lists aimed at restarting foreign holidays are accessible for English visitors.
Last week the Department for Transport named the 75 countries from where people will not need to quarantine when they arrive in England.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office published a separate list of 67 destinations which are exempt from its advisory against all non-essential travel.
But travel consultancy The PC Agency and researchers Audiencenet found that just 25 locations included on the lists do not have border controls that stop English visitors entering.
PC Agency boss Paul Charles said: “Consumers are confused.”