Spain has decided to maintain the mandatory quarantine for travelers from 12 countries, including Brazil, Colombia and Peru

Spain will maintain at least until May 3 the mandatory ten-day quarantine for travelers from Brazil, Peru and Colombia, as well as nine African countries, to prevent the spread of new variants of the coronavirus.

The order comes into effect this Saturday and involves the third expansion of this measure established by the Spanish Ministry of Health on March 2.

The measure establishes that people arriving by plane from any airport in Brazil, Peru and Colombia or South Africa, Botswana, the Union of the Comoros, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, of Zambia and Zimbabwe must quarantined for ten days after arrival or during your entire stay in Spain if it is less than this period.

The Spanish Ministry of Health recalls that the quarantine “It can only be suspended on the seventh day if the person undergoes a diagnostic test for active infection with a negative result“.

During this period of quarantine, people arriving from these countries must remain at their home or accommodation and will limit access by third parties.

They will also have to limit their trips to the essentials: buying food, pharmaceuticals or basic necessities; assistance to health centers or cases of force majeure.

“Concerns about the effects of the Brazilian and South African variants remain, both in terms of its impact due to greater transmissibility, the risk of re-infections and a possible reduction in the efficacy of vaccines, and its extension to countries close to where they were initially detected, including many have a limited degree of development oversight, detection and notification capabilities, ”says the Spanish ministry’s decree.

Incidence, increasing

The incidence of COVID-19 continues to rise in Spain, which adds up nearly 100 additional deaths and around 10,600 new infections of the disease, according to official data released on Friday.

The Spanish Ministry of Health reported a ten-point increase in incidence, reaching 213 cases of coronavirus per 100,000 population in the last 14 days, in that considered in the country as a high level of risk of the disease.

Deaths recorded in the last 24 hours were 99, which Spain adds 76,981 virus deaths since pandemic began a little over a year ago.

The positive cases recorded compared to the previous day were 10,598, bringing to 3,407,283 infections recorded to date in the country, about 47 million inhabitants.

Hospital pressure has increased by a few tenths, with nearly 7.8% of beds occupied by COVID-19 patients, 21.7 in the case of intensive care units.

Spain has administered 90 percent of the approximately 13.7 million vaccines it has received, those from Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca, since de la Jassen has yet to start applying, so 19 percent of the population has at least one first dose and 7 percent the full regimen, according to the ministry.

The country plans to have its own vaccine against the coronavirus throughout 2021, according to the president of the Spanish government, socialist Pedro Sánchez, said on Friday during a visit to the pharmaceutical company that will produce it, Hipra.

(With information from EFE)

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