Spain to open borders on June 21 to most European visitors, including British

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Spain to open borders on June 21 to most European visitors, including British

By Joan Faus

 

FILE PHOTO: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks during a session to request a sixth extension of the state of emergency amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak at Parliament in Madrid, Spain, June 3, 2020. Dani Duch/Pool via REUTERS

 

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain will reopen its borders to most European visitors from June 21, 10 days earlier than previously planned, the government said on Sunday, in a further easing of coronavirus restrictions but a week later than some other EU member states.

 

One of the world's most visited destinations, Spain has sent mixed signals on when it would reopen its borders as it tries to lure back tourists, having announced several dates in recent weeks.

 

From June 21 - when Spain's state of emergency ends - it will allow the entry of visitors from the European Union and the open-border Schengen area, which also includes non-EU countries such as Switzerland and Norway, Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya tweeted.

 

Visitors from outside the EU or Schengen area will be able to visit Spain from July 1, though that will hinge on their country's public health situation, Laya said.

 

British visitors would be able to travel to Spain from June 21 since Britain is still considered part of the EU, a Spanish foreign ministry source said.

 

Spain's borders are currently closed to tourists and those exempted from the entry ban must spend 14 days in quarantine as a precaution against the spread of COVID-19, which has so far killed more than 27,000 people in the country.

 

"Tourism is a key sector for the economic recovery," Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told a news briefing. "We have been able to corner the virus in our country and on the European continent... but the risk has not disappeared."

 

Sanchez said Spain's land border with Portugal would remain closed till July 1 because Lisbon had requested it.

 

The European Commission recommended on Thursday that Schengen area countries, which normally have no border checks, lift controls by June 15.

 

After Spain's three-month-long state of emergency ends on June 21, wearing masks in public will remain mandatory until a cure or vaccine for COVID-19, the lung disease caused by the virus, is found.

 

Spain will allow German tourists to start visiting its Balearic Islands from Monday as a test programme.

 

Sanchez also said on Sunday a planned aid package to rescue Spain's automobile sector would total 3.7 billion euros, adding that further details would be announced on Monday.

 

The lockdown has hammered car sales in Spain, and last month Nissan Motor Co [7201.T] said it would close its 3,000-workforce plants in Barcelona. The government has said it will try to reverse the decision.

 

(Reporting by Joan Faus; Editing by Gareth Jones and Jane Merriman)

 

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[nobodysfriend]

I just sit here and watch what will happen after all the wrong decisions being made by european and american politicians . Lucky me !

I do not have to be there .

Business life goes back to how it was before Covid , but the virus is still present .

No need to be intelligent to know what will happen ...

But anyway , the goal is to reduce human population on this planet , ain't it ?

If it would be a game of chess , the Virus against humanity , the virus is winning ...

Edited June 15, 2020 by nobodysfriend

[Tarteso]

Can’t imagine the consequences of a second wave.. could be like a Tsunami.

[TEFLKrabi]

Every person traveling outside their country should have to do 14 quarantine at their own expensive. It’s about time people realised that they are the carriers of this virus and by traveling they potentially move it around. 

[bodga]

2 hours ago, nobodysfriend said:

after all the wrong decisions being made by european and american politicians

Its  way  too early to say that yet until a full analysis  has been done  worldwide on various different infection and spread rates.

[bodga]

2 hours ago, nobodysfriend said:

But anyway , the goal is to reduce human population on this planet , ain't it ?

If it would be a game of chess , the Virus against humanity , the virus is winning ...

Nonsense if  the virus  kills  its  host its days are  also numbered

[mikosan]

5 hours ago, nobodysfriend said:

I just sit here and watch what will happen after all the wrong decisions being made by european and american politicians . Lucky me !

I do not have to be there .

Business life goes back to how it was before Covid , but the virus is still present .

No need to be intelligent to know what will happen ...

But anyway , the goal is to reduce human population on this planet , ain't it ?

If it would be a game of chess , the Virus against humanity , the virus is winning ...

Oh really.  Apparently there have been over 61 million births this year in the world.  Nowhere near that number of deaths from COVID-19. https://www.theworldcounts.com/stories/How-Many-Babies-Are-Born-Each-Day I don't know how accurate this data is, but even if it's very inaccurate the birthrate is still way more than the COVID-19 death rate.

[hotandsticky]

9 minutes ago, mikosan said:

Oh really.  Apparently there have been over 61 million births this year in the world.  Nowhere near that number of deaths from COVID-19. https://www.theworldcounts.com/stories/How-Many-Babies-Are-Born-Each-Day I don't know how accurate this data is, but even if it's very inaccurate the birthrate is still way more than the COVID-19 death rate.

 

 

Birthrate will probably go up 9 months after lockdown !

[zhounan]

Spain's decision is sacrosanct.
The procrastination of global pantomime, the dictatorial censorship of professionals not aligned with global protocols and the media terrorism with their cult of fear and hysteria must absolutely end.

The popular masses have been lobotomized through subtle psychological work and it's time to wake up, otherwise the Human Being is in very serious trouble. Not only social engineering is underway, but a real reprogramming of the Human Being as we know it so far.

 

Exit from the fence of perception created by the mainstream media.

[mikosan]

12 minutes ago, zhounan said:

Spain's decision is sacrosanct.
The procrastination of global pantomime, the dictatorial censorship of professionals not aligned with global protocols and the media terrorism with their cult of fear and hysteria must absolutely end.

The popular masses have been lobotomized through subtle psychological work and it's time to wake up, otherwise the Human Being is in very serious trouble. Not only social engineering is underway, but a real reprogramming of the Human Being as we know it so far.

 

Exit from the fence of perception created by the mainstream media.

Hear, hear.  Maybe a few too many big words for some of the TV readers, but they'll get the gist.

[from the home of CC]

7 hours ago, TEFLKrabi said:

Every person traveling outside their country should have to do 14 quarantine at their own expensive. It’s about time people realised that they are the carriers of this virus and by traveling they potentially move it around. 

the selfishness is too entrenched for that to happen. hell many of them still won't even mask up..

[from the home of CC]

love to be an undertaker over there right now, literally going to make a killing..

[Berti]

Governments and health authorities are now much better prepared than in February March.

It is definitely possible to restart travel and tourism and contain the virus at the same time.

The only question remains if governments are clever enough to use the weapons which are available.

 

I am amazed that there are still a lot of people who believe that the borders can be closed and at the same time an economic recovery will take place.

 

 

[sammieuk1]

9 hours ago, TEFLKrabi said:

Every person traveling outside their country should have to do 14 quarantine at their own expensive. It’s about time people realised that they are the carriers of this virus and by traveling they potentially move it around. 

I take it that you will be unaffected by being in the wrong place then???? 

[3NUMBAS]

without tourists dollars they are stuffed just like greece .mass unemployment and property prices crumble in autumn is on the menu ..spaniards have little else to generate any income as too many siestas over the years

[steven100]

4 minutes ago, 3NUMBAS said:

without tourists dollars they are stuffed just like greece .mass unemployment and property prices crumble in autumn is on the menu ..spaniards have little else to generate any income as too many siestas over the years

same everywhere ....  no jobs, no income, no tourists, no business making money, small to medium businesses have shut down for good in Australia, UK & the US because they cannot finance 2-6 months of being closed. It's a real destructive situation that will take years to recover to pre-covid.  imo

[TEFLKrabi]

20 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

I take it that you will be unaffected by being in the wrong place then???? 

I lost my job because of it but I’d rather stay alive than try and return to work. The virus doesn’t move, people do. I wish people understood this. 

[overherebc]

On 6/15/2020 at 12:43 PM, mikosan said:

Oh really.  Apparently there have been over 61 million births this year in the world.  Nowhere near that number of deaths from COVID-19. https://www.theworldcounts.com/stories/How-Many-Babies-Are-Born-Each-Day I don't know how accurate this data is, but even if it's very inaccurate the birthrate is still way more than the COVID-19 death rate.

Those birth figures are the scariest part.