Borders and travel are currently possible in Spain, but subject to strict rules. Since 23 November, Spain has been requiring the provision of a blood test result. negative PCR test for covid-19 less than 72 hours old to enter the country. Only passengers in transit to a third country (Portugal or Gibraltar) are exempt. The airport transfer passengers are not obliged to provide a negative test result.
However, fearing a resurgence of the pandemic, the Spanish government has decided to restrict entry for international visitors. Travellers joining their families or travelling for business or medical reasons will, however, be authorised to stay in the country. The Franco-Spanish border will therefore remain open from 23 December to 6 January.
In addition, the travel within the country will also be restricted. It will be forbidden to move from one region to another during the same period for tourist reasons. A curfew will also be in force, which may vary from one Spanish province to another.
Hotels closed in Germany until 10 January
Elsewhere in Europe, theGermany has also decided to tighten its restrictions in the face of the covid epidemic. The government has announced that it will restaurants and hotels closed until 10 january. The country aims to return to an incidence rate of 50 cases of covid-19 per 100,000 inhabitants over a seven-day period. As of December 2, this rate was still 134 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Only two Länder in the north of Germany (Mecklenburg and Schleswig-Holstein) are below this level. As a reminder, this rate was 96.3 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in France yesterday.
