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Spain drops quarantine for mild or asymptomatic Covid positive cases

FROM Monday March 28, Spain has dropped the requirements for those who test positive for Covid-19 to self-isolate if they are asymptomatic or have only mild symptoms if they are under 60

28 Mar, 2022 @ 09:30

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·National News

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Spain shortens mandatory COVID isolation time from 10 to seven days

SPAIN’S Health Ministry has lowered the mandatory isolation time for people who test positive for COVID-19 and for unvaccinated people who have been in close contact with an infected person from 10

29 Dec, 2021 @ 18:48

Coronavirus·Health·Lead

Spain reports its first Omicron COVID-19 case caused by community transmission

THE first COVID-19 Omicron infection in Spain involving somebody who has not returned from a foreign trip has been confirmed in Madrid. A man, 62, has mild symptoms of the recently-identified variant

2 Dec, 2021 @ 20:30

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·Madrid

Spain orders fully-vaccinated people to quarantine if they have contact with confirmed or even suspected Omicron COVID-19 cases

FEARS about the spread of the newly-discovered Omicron COVID-19 variant has led Spanish health chiefs to toughen-up self-isolation rules for fully-vaccinated people. The Ministry of Health says that fully-immunised people will have

1 Dec, 2021 @ 20:15

Barcelona·Catalunya·Coronavirus·Lead·Madrid

Fears over new tourist tax 'driving away' British tourists from Spain's Costa Blanca, despite Alicante and Benidorm councils refusing to charge it

Spain will not go onto the red travel list according to ‘Whitehall sources’ as COVID-19 cases fall

REPORTS strongly suggest today(August 4) that Spain will be not be transferred to the ‘red’ list on tomorrow’s anticipated UK government ‘traffic-light’ travel system review. The Times newspaper quotes a Whitehall source

4 Aug, 2021 @ 14:24

Coronavirus·Lead·Travel News

Dominic Raab won't rule out fully-vaccinated travellers from Spain going into quarantine despite EU travel rule change

Dominic Raab won’t rule out fully-vaccinated travellers from Spain going into UK quarantine despite EU travel rule change

PEOPLE returning to the UK from Spain may be forced to go into quarantine despite relaxations announced yesterday for fully-vaccinated travellers. Speaking to Sky News today(July 29), the UK Foreign Secretary, Dominic

29 Jul, 2021 @ 12:30

Health·Lead·Travel News

UK poised to relax travel rules for those double jabbed abroad and drop quarantine from amber list countries like Spain

IN A development that has been keenly hoped for by those British expats desperately keen to fly home and visit family without having to self-isolate, the UK’s vaccine minister said the government

26 Jul, 2021 @ 18:01

Coronavirus·Lead·Travel News

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From beach paradise to holiday hell: What happens when you test positive for COVID before you fly home from Spain

“WE feel like prisoners,” says 22-year-old Gabriella Fernandez, adding: “We decided to come out here and we knew the risks but nobody told us how bad the conditions would be. A prisoner

22 Jul, 2021 @ 15:27

Balearic Islands·Coronavirus·Lead·Mallorca·National News·Travel News

OPINION: Green list for Mallorca was not just about holidaymakers

IT was great news when the UK government put the Balearic Islands on the Green list, especially as I’d booked for my son to come out on holiday, although it is disappointing

19 Jul, 2021 @ 09:59

Balearic Islands·Coronavirus·Lead·Mallorca·Opinion·Terenia Taras: Telling it like it is·Travel News

Petition calls on UK govt to allow vaccinated British expats to visit without quarantining

An official petition is demanding that the UK government allow all vaccinated British expats to visit the UK without quarantining. After the outrage from British expats following the news that new quarantine

12 Jul, 2021 @ 19:15

Lead

Brits living in Spain ‘furious’ that new quarantine exemption doesn’t apply to those vaccinated outside UK

The quarantine exemption from ‘amber list’ countries such as Spain only applies to those who were vaccinated in the UK, it has emerged. When Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced on Thursday that

8 Jul, 2021 @ 16:16

Coronavirus·Lead·Must Read·Travel News

BREAKING NEWS: Balearic Islands in Spain are included on new UK green travel list

SPAIN’S Balearic Islands have been included on an updated UK green travel list announced by Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps on Thursday evening. This means British travellers will be able to visit Mallorca,

24 Jun, 2021 @ 20:45

Coronavirus·Lead·Must Read·Travel News

Flight bookings to Spain’s Mallorca soar after Germans told they will NOT have to quarantine or take PCR test if vaccinated

On Wednesday, the German government eased entry restrictions for its travellers, allowing people who have been fully vaccinated or have recovered from COVID-19 to enter the country without any quarantine obligation

15 May, 2021 @ 16:15

Lead·Mallorca

UK should look at regions rather than whole countries for 'Green' lists to get tourists back into Spain

UK should study regions rather than whole countries for ‘Green’ list inclusion to get tourists back into Spain

SPAIN’S Foreign Minister says that the UK must ‘rethink’ their quarantine strategy and look at regions rather than whole countries. Speaking to the BBC today(May 12), Arancha Gonzalez Leya said that she

12 May, 2021 @ 13:30

Canary Islands·Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Spain imposes 10-day quarantine on travellers from India to prevent spread of new contagious Covid variant

SPAIN will impose a compulsory 10-day quarantine on all travellers arriving from India in response to the emergence of a highly contagious variant of the coronavirus that is sweeping across the Indian

27 Apr, 2021 @ 18:46

Coronavirus·Lead·Other News·Travel News

SPAIN has scrapped post-Brexit visa requirements for UK artists on short-term tours in what some industry leaders are calling a "big victory".

BREAKING: ALL travellers returning to UK from ‘red list’ countries will have to quarantine in hotels

ANY traveller returning to the UK from a ‘red list’ country will have to quarantine for 10 days in Government-provided accommodation, it has been confirmed. Prime Minister Boris Johnson told MPs today

27 Jan, 2021 @ 15:06

Coronavirus·Lead·National News

School class and teacher quarantined after girl gets COVID-19 in Spain’s Valencian Community

A PRIMARY school class has been quarantined after a little girl tested positive for COVID-19. It’s the first such incident involving youngsters since the new school year started on Monday(September 7) in

10 Sep, 2020 @ 12:11

Coronavirus·Lead·Valencia

Benidorm and Costa Blanca hotel owners in Spain claim that UK travel quarantine ‘ruined everything’

COSTA BLANCA hoteliers have blamed the UK travel quarantine for reduced August bookings and have called for a Europe-wide system of working out travel restrictions. Toni Mayor of the Costa Blanca and

3 Sep, 2020 @ 17:38

Benidorm·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

WATCH: British comedian Jim Davidson says ‘Spain is for fat northern birds’ before telling Brits to get dinghy across the channel to avoid 14-day quarantine

Davidson’s career has been met with controversy since his big break in the mid-seventies on the ITV talent show New Faces

5 Aug, 2020 @ 14:24

Costa Blanca·Lead·Malaga·National News

Spain’s Costa Blanca pleas for exemption over UK quarantine travel rules

SPAIN’S Valencian Community has asked Britain to exempt holidaymakers from the Costa Blanca from a 14 day quarantine when they fly back to the UK. Valencian president, Ximo Puig, says that the

27 Jul, 2020 @ 11:29

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

BREAKING: Brits face two week isolation when returning home as UK adds Spain to quarantine list at midnight TONIGHT

CHAOS tonight as thousands of British travellers now face a two-week quarantine period as they return home, with almost immediate effect. The UK government is expected to announce the news later this

25 Jul, 2020 @ 19:43

Alicante·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Madrid·Mallorca·National News

BREAKING: Scotland will NOT scrap quarantine for Brits returning from Spain

SCOTLAND has announced that it will not lift the quarantine for people travelling from Spain, despite UK wide plans to lift the measure on June 10.

8 Jul, 2020 @ 15:29

Lead·National News·Travel News

BREAKING: UK set to lift quarantine restrictions from July 6, Spain one of the countries included

THE UK is set to lift its quarantine restrictions from July 6, ministers have said.

27 Jun, 2020 @ 12:55

Lead·Travel News

Some 135 countries still restricting Spanish travellers, government figures reveal

GOVERNMENT figures have revealed that 70% of the world is still restricting Spanish citizens entering other countries. Measures range from outright bans on entry to strict guidelines and safety procedures. The revelation

25 Jun, 2020 @ 18:55

Lead·National News

TRAVEL: Spain WILL NOT quarantine UK tourists

TOURISTS from the UK will not have to quarantine when they arrive in Spain, it has been announced. The country’s foreign minister Arancha Gonzalez said visiting Brits would not have to self-isolate.

20 Jun, 2020 @ 20:51

Lead·National News·Travel News

TRAVEL: Costa del Sol tourism bosses REJECT 14-day quarantine on British visitors in Spain

“This is not the time to play a game of chess but a time to make it easier for tourists to come to Spain with the appropriate health guarantees”

17 Jun, 2020 @ 18:41

Lead·Malaga·National News·Travel News