UK’s New Coronavirus Guidelines: Travellers Arriving from Spain Ordered to Quarantine for 14 Days

London, July 26: Travellers arriving within the UK from Spain should now quarantine for 14 days, below new coronavirus journey guidelines set by the British authorities following a spike in COVID-19 instances within the European nation.

In accordance to the principles introduced on Saturday, quarantine measures apply to these returning from mainland Spain, the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands, reminiscent of Majorca and Ibiza, reviews the BBC.

It additionally mentioned that individuals presently on vacation in Spain have been suggested by the Division of Transport to observe the native measures, return residence as regular, and verify the International Workplace’s journey recommendation web site for additional info.

The International Workplace is advising towards all however important journey to mainland Spain after it reported greater than 900 new COVID-19 instances on Friday and warned {that a} second wave could possibly be imminent as main cities have seen instances surge.

Amongst these affected by the brand new guidelines is Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, who started his vacation in Spain on Saturday.

He’s anticipated to proceed his journey as deliberate and isolate consistent with steerage on his return.

Criticising the brand new measures, British Airways mentioned it was “upset”, nevertheless it mentioned its flights would persevering with to function.

It mentioned the transfer was “throwing hundreds of Britons’ journey plans into chaos”, reviews the bbc.

The Airport Operators Affiliation mentioned the brand new measures would “additional injury what’s already a fragile restart of the aviation sector which continues to face the most important problem in its historical past”.

Quarantine measures for UK travellers had been first launched in early June.

However after strain from the aviation and journey industries, the federal government and devolved administrations printed lists of nations exempt from the principles.