what are the approved doses and what about argentines

With 21% of Spaniards vaccinated and a voracious desire to recover visitors, Spain eases, as of Monday, the restrictions on foreign tourists: it opens the doors to vaccinated and to cruise ships, adds the antigen test as valid proof to allow entry and begin to familiarize yourself with the health passport that will facilitate mobility in Europe.

“All vaccinated people are welcome to our country,” President Pedro Sánchez said when he announced at the Madrid Tourism Fair that those who have completed the coronavirus vaccination schedule can, from this Monday, enter Spain without any other control health diagnostic test or Covid or quarantine.

The good news for travelers with the full vaccination schedule, however, includes two requirements: having received the two doses of Sars-Cov-2 serum – or the single dose in the case of the Janssen vaccine – approved by the European Medicines Agency ( EMA) or by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Approved vaccines

In other words, those who have been vaccinated with Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Moderna, Janssen, Sinopharm or Sinovac-Coronavac they can travel to Spain without any problem as long as they have received the last dose 14 days before setting foot on Spanish soil.

The measure excludes travelers from Brazil, India and South Africa due to the variants of the virus that have developed in these countries and the complicated epidemiological situation they are experiencing.

The case of the Argentines

For the majority of Argentines, many of whom have been vaccinated with Russian Sputnik V -even not approved by the EMA or the WHO-, the Spanish flexibilities are not a source of joy, except for those who have european passport.

In these cases, you can travel and you do not need to have a residence abroad. This has been confirmed at Bugle from Iberia, the airline which today only has three weekly flights to Argentina and which, for July and August, plans to double.

“Have been reactivate our flights in Latin America. In the case of the frequency to Buenos Aires, we are awaiting the approval of the Argentine government ”, they assure from their communication service.

At the time of the Covid, airlines became the first control link when deciding whether or not to authorize the boarding of passengers who had authorized diagnostic tests.

Who is it have dual nationality -Argentina and European- can enter Spain with a diagnostic test carried out 48 hours before arrival and the result is negative.

PCR or antigen test and form

The novelty in Spain is that, to the PCR that travelers had to undergo before traveling, it is now added as an option antigen test The result of which is obtained in less time than a PCR and is less expensive.

He will continue, yes, the obligation to fill out the health form, on the web www.spth.gob.es or in the Spain Travel Health application, through which you can obtain the QR code that must be presented to go through the migrations.

“From countries outside the European Union, what we ask for is the vaccination certificate and then we only have 12 countries, including the United Kingdom and Japan, with which there can be mobility without restriction due to their epidemiological situation, “he said on Monday. Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Reyes Maroto.

“We are talking about countries that are considered low risk“He added.

This list of safe countries also includes Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Israel, South Korea, Thailand, Rwanda, and China, as well as those from the Hong Kong and Macao regions.

From this Monday also, and after 15 months, the Spanish ports authorize again arrival of cruise shipsA decision based on the same motivation to rehabilitate, as soon as possible, the tourism industry, which represents 12.5% ​​of the Gross Domestic Product.

Covid passport

In addition, this June 7 begins in Spain the pilot test of the Covid passport, the digital health certificate which will operate in European Union countries from July 1 and where it will be indicated if the person is vaccinated, if they have had diagnostic tests or if the disease has passed.

In Spain, the cumulative incidence of the virus spreading over the past 14 days is 117 positive cases per 100,000 inhabitants. And 40 percent of the population received at least dose of the coronavirus vaccine.

This Monday, Barajas airport in Madrid should receive 400 more flights than last Monday.

In total, there would be around 1,300 internationals, figure that excites even if we are still far from the 3,700 who disembarked daily before the pandemic.

Madrid, correspondent

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