Argentines will have to quarantine for 10 days to enter Spain

Travelers from Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia and Namibia should 10 days of quarantine on arrival in Spain, having been included by the Spanish government as high risk countries by the coronavirus. it will be valid to Tuesday July 27 and for fourteen days extendable.

These countries are thus included in the list of more than 25 countries outside the European Union which must quarantine themselves if they go to Spain, according to a decree published this Saturday by the Spanish Ministry of Health, effective from Tuesday 27 next July for fourteen days, extendable.

The quarantine may end earlier if, on the seventh day, the person undergoes a diagnostic test for active infection with a negative result according to specific tests accepted by Spain.

During quarantine, you must stay at an address O accommodation limit movement and access by third parties to those essential to purchase food, medicines and other basic necessities, travel to health centers or in cases of force majeure.

the security forces can perform at any time timely checks on compliance with quarantine conditions, according to this decree.

In order to stop the spread of new variants of the coronavirus, Spain will continue to require a ten-day quarantine for travelers from India and limit flights from Brazil and South Africa for its citizens .

The epidemiological situation in Spain

Spain suffers from a new wave of cases coronavirus for several weeks (677 cases per 100,000 inhabitants for 14 days on Friday) and several regions have applied restrictions.

The cases are less severe than in previous waves thanks to the vaccination campaign: 53% of the population is fully vaccinated and 64% have received at least one dose, according to official figures.

Indicators on the incidence of new Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations of infected patients continue to grow in Spain, but the rate of transmission of the coronavirus is starting to slow.

This is shown by the latest update from the Ministry of Health: the incidence over 14 days is now 677 cases per 100,000 inhabitants (yesterday it was 659).

In ordinary hospital wards, SARS-CoV-2 patients occupy 6.64% of beds (6.37% yesterday), while in intensive care units the occupancy is 14.10% (yesterday 13 , 52%).

The positivity rate stood at 15.74% yesterday, compared to 15.81% the day before.

In total, just over 4,280,000 cases and 81,221 deaths have been reported since the start of the pandemic.

Argentina’s restrictions

According to national government measures, tourists who left Argentina after July 1 and return to the country must go through 7-day isolation to avoid the spread of the Delta variant.

The modality of this quarantine is defined by the authorities of each district.

In the city of Buenos Aires, the period of extreme care can be accomplished in the private house. In the province of Buenos Aires, on the other hand, the first 4 days must be carried out in hotels authorized for this purpose by the Axel Kicillof government and then you can continue in the hostels.

These measures were applied with a strict quota of arrivals of Argentines from abroad, which resulted in thousands of them being stranded abroad.

Although the theft “trap” started with a limit of 600 people per day, since last Monday that number has taken 900 passengers per day.

With information from news agencies.